Clarion 1977-09-16 Vol 53 No 01

B.J. Thomas will bring his famous hit-songs, which
include, "Raindrops Keep Falling on my Head," and
"Don't Worry Baby," along with his new found faith to
Bethel tonight at 8 p.m.
`Smileys' welcome freshmen
with assistance, entertainment
SEP 16 1977
Bruce Olsen editor Greg Kuntz sports editor The Clarion is published weekly
Holly Schmiess news editor Mark Holmes photo editor by the students of Bethel College.
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THE CLARION
Bethel College Vol. 53, No. 1 September 16, 1977
by Bruce Olsen cal method available to be used at
The Bethel Board of Regents sod-breaking. The three possible
have taken another step to methods include a commercial
alleviate the present crowded mortgage through a local bank,
conditions on the Bethel campus bonds approved through the
by planning to build a second student Higher Education Facility
annex on to the present facilities. Authority (HEFA), or through a
This new annex will be added on low-interest loan from the Hous-to
the present Learning Resource ing and Urban Affairs Depart-
Center (LRC) building. ment (HUD) of the federal go-
The new annex, which is to vernment.
begin construction sometime in The new construction plans
November, will be the same size also provide for the building of a
as the annex on to the fine arts courtyard and a small theatre
building, covering four floors and outside of the new annex.
extending the LRC building The construction dates on these
another forty feet. new buildings are all tentative
Cost of the new annex is es- until the present squabble be-timated
to be in excess of tween Northwestern Bible Col-
$400,000. The regents plan to lege and the Village of Arden
fund this building project through Hills has been alleviated.
several sources, one-half to As was reported in the March
two-thirds of which are to come 25, 1977 issue of the Clarion, the
from special gifts and foundation Village of Arden Hills had turned
grants. The remaining finances down a building permit request to
will come out of operating funds Northwestern Bible College due to
from tuition, bookstore and anti-public sentiment about a pro-dining
room sales. posed 1850-seat auditorium to be
Also in the planning stage are built on the Northwestern cam-two
new dorms to go under pus. Therefore Bethel could not
construction in November. These be granted a building permit from
dorms, which will cost approxi- the village, for Northwestern
mately $1.5 million, will be could then argue that their
located in the proximity of the application for a permit was also
football field. If the sale of old valid.
campus were to come about, five The lawsuit between Northwes-new
dorms will be built instead of tern and the Village of Arden
the planned two. Hills is scheduled to go before the
Funding for the dorms may court at the end of this month.
come out of three possible Dean George Brushaber is con-sources,
with the most economi- fident that the court will rule in
Regents plan for annex
by Nancy Naumenko
The dawn of a new era. No, I'm
not referring to the exploration of
Mars, the advanced relations with
Cuba and Russia, or even the pre-sent
availability of the banking
window. Rather, my comment is
in reference to the unprecedented
lack of overcrowding at Bethel.
Present unofficial population
figures stand at 1830 persons, 550
of whom are freshmen, and 140 of
whom are transfers. These
figures, it may be noted, have not
increased appreciably over this
year's projected total of 1825.
No longer do any townhouses
contain seven persons. Doc Rain-bow
has been transported across
the hall from his dressing room
office to a brightly lit office
amidst his colleagues. The
Registrar's office now constantly
contains student traffic from its
new third-story position. And,
of course, which of us could have
failed to note the new positioning
and availability of the banking
window—surely the most appre-ciable
change, according to many.
Commenting on the overcrowd-ing
situation at Bethel, two
freshmen girls each said: "Well,
there's nothing I can compare it
to, but I sure don't feel
crowded."
Of course, problem areas still
remain. Consider the post office
area after chapel. Or the
coffeeshop at 2:30. Parking can
be a hazard towards achieving
being on time for classes, and
how many have huddled on the
gym steps an extra half hour
because they didn't anticipate
being pushed through a bus
window as a result of the pressure
of bodies within?
Plans, however, are in the
offing. The proposed new annex,
according to Dean Brushaber, is
favor of Northwestern, and there-fore
will give Bethel the opportu-nity
of gaining a building permit
to begin construction in Novem-ber.
The new annex will be used
mainly to relieve congested areas
in the LRC building. The base-ment
floor of the annex will
provide space for three student
lounges and more space to
alleviate the congested post office
area.
The second floor will be used to
extend the present coffee shop.
The new coffee shop will be
approximately three times its
present size.
The third floor will provide ad-ditional
office space. The public
affairs, Christian Service and
education department offices will
be placed on this floor of the new
annex.
The fourth floor will extend the
present library facilities. Two new
classrooms will also be built on
this floor in addition to the addi-tional
space to be used as a study
area. The education department,
which presently occupies the back
portion of the library, will be
moved to the third floor offices in
the new annex.
If one wishes to inspect the
specifics of this building project,
one may venture up to the fourth
floor of the fine arts building. The
blueprints for the annex have
been put out for display directly
across from the dean's office.
anticipated to be completed by
next summer. It is intended to
triple the size of the coffee shop,
as well as provide more library,
lounge, recreation, office, and
classroom space.
It is hoped that parking and bus
problems will be alleviated as car
pools are formed and schedules
settled into. If not, measures such
as the acquiring of an additional
bus for peak periods may need to
be taken.
Therefore, despite the limita-tions
evident in the resolving of
the situation, it would appear that
student opinion and concern has,
coupled with the efforts of the
administration, brought about an
improved community. From the
Clarion staff, now speaking from
the celestial heights of the former
banking window (as compared to
last year's boiler room quar-ters)—
Thanks, Bethel!
by G.W. Smith
On a Saturday morning, the
third of September, a throng of
some five hundred freshmen in-vaded
the Arden Hills campus
intent upon placing a multitude of
possessions into one very small
room. Welcome Week had
officially begun.
Suitcases, trunks, boxes, stere-os,
bigger boxes, televisions and
clothes for at least three decades
of existence arrived in a motley
assortment of trucks, cars,
U-Haul trailers, vans, mobile
homes and little red wagons. The
once quiet Bethel campus, pre-viously
inhabited by a peaceful
population of squirrels and bunny
rabbits, immediately became a
snarled mass of frolicking fresh-men—
lost, alone and afraid.
In the midst of this continuous
caravan of calamity there arrived
a close-knit unit of blue-shirted
"smileys" to assist the freshmen
in carrying luggage, giving
directions and providing encour-agement.
The smileys swiftly infiltrated
the masses and emerged with
suitcases in each hand, shoes and
neckties slung over shoulders,
anything from fruit bowls to
tambourines upon their heads
and at least a half a dozen no. 2
pencils clenched between still
smiling mouths.
The hectic rush of opening day
subsided by mid-afternoon and by
evening the once lost one's and
two's became groups of six, seven
and eight.
Now that the week had actually
begun, it was time for the
welcome.
Prompted by their fearless
leaders, Mike Rosell and Nan
Goss, the smiling Welcome Week
staff of 41 volunteers skillfully
provided the new freshmen with a
variety of fun and entertainment.
Saturday night saw the show-ing
of the acclaimed movie
"Brother Sun Sister Moon,"
replete with popcorn and root
beer for all.
Sunday was a full day for the
new students and began with
morning worship in the Bethel
gymnasium, climaxed that eve-ning
with a literally riotous mixer
and series of skits.
Monday began quite early-
3:00 a.m. It was sock hop time in
the gym a la fifties. For one
complete hour the now slightly
irate, dreary-eyed, robe-clad
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Everyone enjoys more elbow room
Doug loses leg in cycle mishap
freshmen mumbled threats of re-venge
while hurling cake donuts
at the red-headed menace and his
companions of diabolical absurdi-ty.
Mike Monroe and Scott Warren
concluded the day with an
outstanding performance that
demanded an ill-sought encore.
So everybody ate a bathtub full of
ice-cream instead.
It was a handy band of pirates
that captured the attention of the
freshmen on Tuesday and skillful-ly
relieved them from the
doldrums of registration and
testing.
At the koinonia service on
Tuesday evening the Welcome
Week theme of "I Shall Seek
Thee Earnestly" from Psalm 63
surfaced. The fun and frolick in
the past, the reality of fellowship
of one another with the Father
through Jesus Christ placed the
final welcome upon the new com-munity
of Bethel.
Prayer groups continued each
morning throughout the week in
which seeking God earnestly
became a more vivid reality. With
this theme implanted in their
hearts the freshmen class tackled
Wednesday and the first day of
classes.
At the banquet on Friday night
the Welcome Week staff afforded
the freshmen the opportunity to
look upon their first week at
Bethel and their future weeks
with a special degree of God-giv-en
optimism—the kind of optim-ism
that comes from Seeking God
Earnestly.
Indeed, there is a "sweeter"
sweet spirit in this place called
Bethel and nothing less than a
superb Welcome Week can be
held responsible.
by Holly Schmiess
Robert Douglas (Doug) Mounce,
one of the 19 student mission-aireis
sponsored by Bethel's SMP
this summer, has not yet returned
to tell about his experience. Doug
is at home in Kentucky getting
used to an artificial leg.
Mexico City and service with
Spearhead Missions were Doug's
destinations when he left the
Twin Cities on his motorcycle the
second week in June. He traveled
by way of friends' homes in wes-tern
states, staying with them a
little longer than he'd planned.
On June 16, near Mazatlan, on
the west coast of Mexoco, Doug
was making up for lost time by
riding all night. At 1 a.m. Doug
hit the side of an oncoming bus.
No one knows who was in the
wrong lane. The bus didn't stop.
Doug's right foot was severed
in the collision, and although he
wasn't helmeted, Doug suffered
only a mild concussion and
several broken ribs. He lay on the
roadside semi-conscious for two
hours. During that time, he
vaguely recalls motorists stop-ping,
getting out to peer at him,
then returning to their vehicles
and driving away.
Finally a Mexican named Luke
dared pick up Doug and put him
in the front seat of his
Volkswagon. They drove to a
hospital in the nearest little town
where, because of Doug's un-known
identity, he was given
minimal treatment until 8 a.m.
when the United States embassy
opened in Mazatlan. The embas-sy
assured the hospital of
payment and sent an ambulance
for his transfer to Mazatlan.
Three hours later, at 11 a.m.,
Doug was at last receiving serious
medical attention at the Mazatlan
hospital. A blockage in the artery
of his right leg had deprived that
limb of circulation since the
collision, but probably spared him
from bleeding to death. Never-theless,
the leg had to he amputa-ted
just above the knee. Doug was
in critical condition.
Meanwhile, a police call was
extended to reach his parents on
vacation in Oregon. Dr. and Mrs.
Robert Mounce had parked their
van outside a police headquarters
while shopping. The patrolmen
found the very vehicle they'd
been alerted to, in their own park-ing
lot.
Dr. and Mrs. Mounce knew of
their son's situation within two
hours after the first police call.
Robert Mounce taught Biblical
studies at Bethel, and is now
chairman of the department of
humanities at Western Kentucky
University in Bowling Green,
Kentucky.
Dr. Mounce and his son-in-law
flew to Mazatlan and recognized
that although Doug's surgeon had
been competent, Doug needed
better facilities and care. Mazat-lan's
sheriff insisted that Doug
stay until legal entanglements
were resolved. After two days,
Dr. Mounce persuaded the sheriff
to release Doug, and he was im-mediately
flown to the UCLA
Medical Center in Los Angeles.
Gangrene was now spreading
through the rest of his leg and
body. The limb had to be entirely
removed. Doug was flown to Long
Beach Hospital where a hyper-beric
chamber filled him with
oxygen—the only know enemy of
gangrene toxin. It would be 24
hours before anyone could know
whether Doug would survive. He
did.
"The Lord spared your life
three times," Dr. Mounce told his
son. "At the accident, in Mazat-lan,
and in oxygen at Long
Beach."
Doug spent most of August
back at UCLA Medical Center re-cuperating
and being fitted with
an artificial leg. He is now at a
hospital near his home in
Kentucky.
Medical and flight costs not
assumed by insurance, total
continued on page 3
editorial
Staff reviews
policy
Policy- statements are not the most pleasant and exciting articles to
read—and yet no newspaper is complete without one. Therefore we
will reserve this first editorial to provide the students, faculty, staff and
administration with some guidelines as to the practices and policies of
the Bethel Clarion.
The purpose of this newspaper will be fourfold. The first is to inform.
Naturally, all newspapers are built on the assumption that they will
inform the reading public of improtant happenings. The Clarion will
stick to reporting mainly on-campus activities. We will only report state
or national news in the event that it will have a direct impact on the
student body of Bethel College.
A second purpose would be to provide entertaining reading. We
hope that certain articles will bring a smile to your face and a bright
spot to your day. At times we may also poke fun at certain Bethel insti-tutions
or "sacred cows." We hope that these pokes will be accepted in
the framework that they are meant.
A third, and perhaps the most important, purpose of this newspaper
will be to provide a Christian message to the readers. Since Bethel is a
Christian college, Christian values and goals should permeate the
paper. Editorials, features, and news stories should all, either implicit-ly
or explicitly, be centered around the Christian message.
A final, and perhaps not so important, purpose of this paper will be
to totally eradicate the names of Marshall Shelley, Paul Healy and Bill
Trollinger from the pages of this most distinguished media device.
Such names have no place on these pages, and we will promise to do
our best to keep them off.
The Clarion also reserves the right to decide what should or should
not be printed in this newspaper. Obscene words or using the Lord's
name in vain will not be tolerated. Neither will be tolerate any
slanderous and malicious cuts on another's personality in any letter or
article submitted to the Clarion. The editorial staff will use their discre-tion
in deciding the narrow line between "good" and "bad" taste for
publication in the Clarion.
Another point we would wish to make is the place for criticism in a
Christian community. We believe that constructive criticism has its
place at Bethel, and it will be used when thought necessary. By
ignoring obvious problems and faults in this community, it would only
serve to heighten the problem and make it more difficult to blot out as
time went by. Criticism can be used effectively when it is backed by
good, supportive data.
Since the Clarion is the only totally student-run media at Bethel
(aside from the literary pamphlet, Coeval), we will attempt to be fair in
reporting all issues. By fair, we mean that both sides of the issue will
be reported. But fair does not mean blah, milk-toast, wishy-washy jour-nalism.
We will be expressing our opinions on certain topics. If we feel
some department, group or person needs or deserves a good shot, we
will not think twice about doing it. Of course, we will support these
views with supportive data.
Letters to the editor are strongly encouraged. All too often students,
administrators, staff and faculty will often hold deep-seated feelings
inside, when a good letter would be the best cure. We expect to receive
criticism, and the letters to the editor column can provide the best
sounding board for such opinions.
We hope this year will be a good one for each of you. We will do our
best to help make it a good one for you and are willing to accept any
ideas that you may have to help make the Clarion a better student
newspaper.
Welcome Week, continued from page 1
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Bethel once more starts out
its year with Spiritual Emphasis
Week. This year's chapel will
be addressed by one of the out-standing
evangelical spokes-man
of our time, Paul S. Rees.
The theme of his chapel
messages will be "There's a
Christian Way." Dr. Rees is
known for his ability to combine
a vision of world missions with
an emphasis on personal devo-tions.
Paul S. Rees is primarily
known for his role as editor and
then editor at large for World
Vision magazine. His editorials
in that magazine have chal-lenged
readers since 1964, and
he is the author of 14 books.
One of his latest books is
entitled "Don't Sleep Through
the Revolution," and subtitled
"An editor's prickly thoughts
on what Christians are here
for."
Dr. Rees has been director of
the World Vision's Pastor's
Conferences from 1964-75 and
has been a frequent speaker at
Bible conferences and youth
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between four and five thousand
dollars. Bethel's SMP is helping
with $600 from remaining sum-mer
funds, and will soon be
taking a special offering in
chapel.
Pastor Jim Spickelmeier has
phoned Doug several times at the
UCLA hospital. He reports
Doug's spirits are much better.
And his father says Doug hopes to
be back at Bethel next semester."
Professor
helps translate
Old into new
Student Association leaders Tad Johnson [left] and Mark
Carlson.
Johnson/Carlson
by Mark Carlson
A new year has begun and the Student Association is in full swing for
a busy year. In case you new students are unaware, your enrollment at
Bethel means automatic membership in the Student Association. So, as
we try to accomplish things for the benefit of Bethel students, we need
some help from each of our "members."
Remember those long forms asking address, phone, etc. with which
we all struggled during registration? Well, part of that form, as well as
everyone's "mugshots" will be used for our roster—a pictorial
directory provided free of charge to every student.
Priscilla Golz, our hard-working Roster coordinator says that the
directory should come around the first of November. For the first time
ever, a professional photographer was hired to take the pictures. This
should help make the Roster a book well worth keeping.
Next Wednesday brings Service Day to Bethel. Because the faculty
are on a retreat and classes cancelled, the Student Senate has planned
a day packed with chances to lend a helping hand in a variety of ways
around our community.
Students may offer their services in clean-up efforts around old
campus and Fountain Terrace, not to mention the new campus
grounds. There is also the possibility of some longer trips to Trout Lake
Camp and/or Taylors Falls. Area nursing care homes are another
possibility for involvement.
To add to Service Day there will be a morning breakfast/devotional
with Dr. Paul Rees of World Vision International, our Spiritual
Emphasis Week speaker. The day will end with a picnic combined with
entertainment by Craig Wilson, a very talented and thought-provoking
dramatist.
There is a lot of benefit in helping others, and Service Day can
provide both the giver and receiver a great experience. Let's have a
good turn-out!
In the next couple of weeks, the election process for five freshmen
senators will begin. Before anyone can get on the ballot, he/she must
have a petition with 25 signatures. To get the petition contact the
senate office. An ambitious group of freshmen are often the key to
having an active and involved senate. Take advantage of this oppor-tunity.
Besides direct membership on the Student Senate, all students are
given an opportunity to apply for positions on student-faculty commit-tees.
These committees are the major governance structure of the
college, and make decisions which affect the school in a major way.
Students have voting power on the committees which makes Bethel
unique among most colleges.
A student-faculty committee can be a great opportunity to meet
faculty as well as other students. Even better, it is a great way to learn
more about Bethel, and have a real impact on our school. Applications
will be issued through the P.O.'s. If you have any special questions,
contact Tad Johnson in the senate office.
For those who noticed the absense of the $5 social fee on your bill,
don't worry because it will appear in September. But before the groans
are too loud, remember that this fee is a big reason B.J. Thomas will be
at Bethel tonight. Plus. the money will give Bethelites a lot of great
activities to anticipate throughout the year.
For you upperclassmen who noticed the additional study space
added to the upper floor of the LRC, partial credit is due to the senate.
Realizing last spring the high probability of increased enrollment, the
senate passed a bill asking for the additional space to become part of
the LRC, instead of remaining as office space for public affairs. Our
thanks to Dean Brushaber for approving the additional library space,
but not for the enrollment increase.
One final note—the Student Senate has a new office this year,
having been elevated from the boiler room, and finally separated from
the company of the Clarion staff. We're now located next to the music
office, directly across from the men's room by the music lounge. The
office is complete with sofa, chairs, and stereo. We're looking for a lot
of visitors, so stop in and say hello.
Translations of the newest ver-sion
of the Bible—the New
International (NIV)—is being
done by a local scholar, Dr.
Ronald F. Youngblood, professor
of Old Testament at Bethel
Theological Seminary, who has
just returned from a 10-week final
revision session in Heverlee,
Belgium.
Previously, Drs. Art Lewis and
Walter Wessel at Bethel College,
and Donald Madvig at Bethel
Seminary have been involved in
working on the NIV also.
Under the auspices of the New
York International Bible Society,
Dr. Youngblood and seven other
Biblical scholars have been
collating their work on the
Psalms, one of the final books of
sacred scripture to be translated
by this committee. Another group
met simultaneously to complete
Genesis and Leviticus.
"The books of Psalms and
Genesis were specifically left to
the end," Youngblood states,
"because of their great usage.
Our committees wanted to be
sure we had plenty of experience
behind us before tackling them."
He added that the Psalms are ex-tremely
important because of
their poetic form and the
translators were especially sensi-tive
to matters of style.
"In some cases we spent as
much as half an hour discussing a
single line," he said, "to be sure
that it was exactly right with
respect to rhythm and meaning."
Dr. Youngblood will spend an
additional seven weeks during his
fall sabbatical to finish other NIV
translation details. He has served
on the project since 1970,
spending the last four summers
with committees in various parts
of the world plus several 2-3 week
sessions each year. The comple-ted
translation will be published
late in 1978.
"Obviously I am prejudiced
about the NIV," Youngblood
said, "but I believe it is superior
to other current editions of the
Bible. It is a new translation and
we have the advantage of many
versions behind us. One of the
great strengths of the NIV will be
its literary style and, like the King
James Version, we hope that
element—in addition to its
accuracy—will help make it last
for centuries to come."
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The job of collecting default-ed
federally insured student
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hands of a private collection
organization, Health, Educa-tion,
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Office of Education announced
today.
The Office of Education (OE)
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consumer loans and in
tracing the whereabouts of
defaulters.
"They do a serious disservice
to the vast majority of former
students who honor their obli-gations
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Closed minds,
Open mouths
by David Shelley
Under the pressure of a new academic year I will hold this column to
a simple introduction of its author.
I usually go by David, but answer to any number of pseudonyms,
including "Shell" and "Rufus," and nobody really knows why.
Writing runs in the family. It dates back to at least the early 1800's
when a distant relative named Percy wrote poems about love and such,
which were fine for romantics, but not good enough to get him a
regular column in a newspaper.
Percy had a wife named Mary who wrote a book called "Franken-stein."
That was a corny name for a love story, but by a little distortion
the film industry brought it to best-seller fame.
Other writers in the family include my father, brother and aunt, all
writers who have influenced me greatly but should not be blamed for
anything I come up with.
I was born in Denver, Colo., which is not famous for writers but is
known to have good skiers and recently to have good basketball play-ers.
I went through my rebellious years in the mid-60's when activism
was on the rise. I was in about the fourth grade. I questioned the
meaning of life. I disliked writing and questioned the purpose of doing
a whole page of math problems when the first one was enough to prove
that I had the basic idea.
The teacher used to say that practice made perfect, which directly
contradicted my Sunday school teacher's insistence that all have
sinned
My prayer life grew during that period. Every night I asked for a
rapture to save me from school the next day.
By fifth grade I learned to be content in whatever state I'm in (I was
still in Colorado), and I realized that to get somewhere in life it was
best to do the required work and to question things only when it was
tactful.
I still had questions, but my Sunday school teacher said we would
never begin to understand some things until we got to heaven.
She gave the example of George Washington Carver who never
found out why God made the world, or why God made man, but did
find out why God made the peanut.
I didn't care about peanuts, but I did ask God why he made
mosquitoes and why he didn't make seedless watermelons. I was
beginning to develop my "Weltanschauung."
In sixth grade I edited the class newspaper. My vocabulary and
writing style haven't changed much since, but I have more answers,
more questions, and I'm taller.
I stand 5-foot-11, which is fine for a writer, okay for a skier and
nothing special for a basketball player.
I'm a member of a Baptist church and I'm registered as a Democrat,
and if there are two things I don't like to discuss, they're politics and
infant baptism.
This column is callled "Closed Minds and Open Mouths" because
those two things seem to go together all too frequently, and as it is my
job to open my journalistic mouth, I'll try not to be close-minded.
And if you want my editorial position: I promise to be truthful and
not to blaspheme or libel or write about overcrowding or tell Polack
jokes.
required to locate defaulted
borrowers, establish a payment
schedule, and arrange for
payments to be made to OE.
Another part of the job will be
to recommend measures OE
should take—including legal
action—on debts the organiza-tion
is unable to collect.
The contractor will receive no
appropriated federal funds.
Instead, OE will pay the organi-zation
a percentage of the
payments collected.
The contract will apply only
to the Federal Insured Student
Loan Program (FISLP), under
which the federal government
has directly Insured approxi-mately
one-half of all loans in
the Guaranteed Student Loan
Program. The rest have been
guaranteed by one of 27 state
or private nonprofit guarantee
agenciet.
Federal agency plans to track down
college loan fugitives and collect
Only the contract organiza-tion's
salaried personnel may
collect from student defaulters.
Their efforts will supplement
the activities of some 106 OE
collectors and appropriate sup-port
personnel located mostly in
HEW Regional Offices across
the country.
Until now, OE employees
have had sole responsibility for
FISLP collections. However, for
a number of years, many
guarantee agencies have used
private firms to collect their
defaulted loans.
Copies of the RFP may be
obtained by sending a self-addressed
mailing label to:
Application Control Center,
U.S. Office of Education, Room
5673 ROB #3, 400 Maryland
Avenue, S.W., Washington,
D.C. 20202.
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Paul Redin, director of career counseling and placement,
analyzes part-time employment opportunities.
646-7135
Hermes Floral Company, Inc.
2001 West Larpenteur Avenue
Saint Paul, Minnesota 65113
Est. 1906
STORE AND GREENHOUSES
175,000 Square Feet of Glass
Poll reveals disillusionment
with yearbook substitute
Part-time work
offered locally
to students
by Denise Hansen
Part-time employment oppor-tunities
are greater than ever this
year at Bethel. Jobs ranging from
waitressing to clerking, mainten-ance
work to supervising play-grounds
are available for the
student who knows where to look.
With the rising cost of tuition,
the career counseling and place-ment
office has put forth a greater
effort to locate part-time employ-ment
opportunities.
Paul Redin, director of career
counseling and placement, and
Julie Blomquist, career counsel-ing
and placement secretary, be-gan
this effort by locating 600
businesses, most within a three-mile
radius of Bethel.
Before school began, a letter
was sent to 200 of these business-es
informing them of Bethel's lo-cation,
and of the availability of
Bethel students for work. The
response was so great that only
these 200 letters could be sent
before school began. The remain-ing
400 letters will be sent this
week.
Many of the responses were
from businesses not familiar with
by Will Healy
Due to the decline in interest
and publication problems of the
Spire, the Student Senate
decided to change the yearbook
format to a magazine. The
purpose of this move was to
both reduce cost and to alle-viate
the task of the editor.
The result of all this was
Passages, that magazine-look-ing
magazine you skimmed
over and promply discarded last
spring. Yet for those of us who
read it, namely the contributers
and their immediate familes,
Passages, proved to be a more
than adequate replacement for
the Spire.
In analyzing Passages, then,
or any year-end publication for
that matter, we must ask: what
is expected? What is valuable
about a yearbook? The obvious
answer is that we want to
preserve the memories of our
college experience. Such a pen-chant
for nostalgia is universal.
However, this one criterion
required for a year-end publica-tion
can be accomplished on a
much smaller scale. Passages
has captured that which is good
about a yearbook without the
expense or the effort. Not only
is it representative in its
coverage of the important
things about Bethel (i.e., the
coffee shop, intramurals, dorm
life, and pinball), but Passages
has also managed to attain a
certain quality of freshness and
brevity which a yearbook lacks.
While some may argue that a
magazine does not provide
Bethel. These new contacts,
along with businesses who con-tact
Bethel every year, will
increase part-time employment
opportunities for Bethel students.
Included in the letter sent out
was an invitation to visit our cam-pus.
When talking with Paul
Redin about the purpose of the in-vitation
he said, "Our strongest
Selling point is to get them
(businesses) out to see our
people."
The bulletin board, located
outside and to the left of the
student affairs office, has the list-many
personal memories (such
as everyone having their
picture in it), we must take a
close look at the expense
involved. The elimination of the
Spire enabled the Student As-sociation
to greatly improve the
Roster, from which all the
individual yearbook pictures
are taken anyway.
The point is, a yearbook for-mat
is simply too limited. Being
forced to cover every depart-by
Holly Schmiess
The Renaissance Festival
four miles south of Shakopee
was once a fascinating day full
of wonderful sights, sounds,
and smells. No more. Now it's
two days full, providing you
only casually browse.
Two people, or three, or four,
could attend the fair the same
day and because of its size and
variety, not even have noticed
the same things. Capturing it in
words is like describing the
evolving patterns in a kaleide-scope.
I can only tell about the
moments that delighted me.
There are more handcraft
merchants than ever before,
making, displaying, and selling
their creations. Just when I
spent all my superlatives on
cases of brilliant Indian jewelry,
a shed full of glossy carved
clocks with feathered faces
called for more. Leather,
ing of part-time employment
opportunities. Some full-time
opportunities can also be found
on the board, along with summer
jobs to be placed on the board
next spring.
Positions are filled and new
part-time opportunities are put up
daily. If you are in need of a
part-time job, it would not hurt to
check the board every couple of
days. These off-campus employ-ment
opportunities not only
provide for the pocket book, but
also provide a chance for involve-ment
outside of Bethel.
ment of Bethel is not only
tedious and expensive, but
unnecessary as well.
Granted, Passages is not a
yearbook. It was not intended to
be one. While this change in
format may result in a real test
of creativity, at least a step in
the right direction has been
taken. The success or failure of
future editions will depend on
how well the writers manage to
capture the aura of Bethel.
candles, etchings, weaving,
ceramics—each object crafted
with integrity and sheltered
under countless rough-hewn
booths.
Occasionally, an artisan dem-onstrated
the process of his
creation, and in his patience the
audience was hushed. I think of
the glass blower and his agile
movements timed to precision
at the mercy of molten sand.
The risk of creating was as
suspenseful as watching a
trapeze acrobat.
Driven by a sudden rain into
a stained glass mercantile, I
pulled down my hood and
peered through the mosaics of
color. It was a little place and
quite crowded with refugees
from the weather, but here I
discovered the unusually amia-ble
spirit among fair-goers.
Unlike the pushy crowds at
noisy midways, everyone seem-ed
enveloped in the magic of
by Suzi Wells
To students and faculty, the
literary magazine Passages, that
came out last spring, was every-thing
from a "glorified Coeval"
to a nice reminder of Bethel in
years to come. Most considered
the literature excellent, and
others, expecting something like
the Spire yearbook, had sugges-tions
for improvements.
Many students felt that the
magazine should have included
some "action" pictures for
students to look back on and
remember their experiences at
Bethel. Most pictures included
nature scenes and pictures of
buildings and objects rather than
people.
Junior Beth Neese commented,
"The pictures were nice, but it
would be nice to see people. It's
fun to see people and things that
happened during the year."
Donna Doebler, junior, added,
"I wish there were a few more
pictures since we don't have a
Spire. I'm a traditionalist at
heart, and I'd like to see the Spire
come back. I like to remember
what goes on at Bethel."
Some other students expressed
sentiments similar to Donna's. "I
was really disappointed," junior
Tim Terrell said. "It was good as
far as literature is concerned, but
not very representative of the
school as a whole." Tim added
that he was expecting something
more along the lines of a year-book,
especially with people in it.
"That's what Bethel is—people,"
he concluded.
Another student appreciated
the effort students put into
Passages. "People really put
their hearts into it, but I don't
think anybody paid attention to
them," sophomore Marsha By-strom
contributed. "I think that it
contained a lot of good literature,
but I don't think that students
that place.
That doesn't mean that
people weren't doing things.
For the more competitive there
was archery, jousting, human
chess, and horsemanship.
Some unsuspecting bystanders
were nabbed into a little tom-foolery
among the village folk. I
was awarded a labrador puppy
for I know not what and my
gingerly efforts to decline such
gave adequate attention or
listened to what these people
were trying to say through it."
Although many faculty mem-bers
did not receive or read
Passages, some had comments to
make. .Paul Redin, director of
career counseling and placement,
related, "I didn't see anything
that an individual could relate to
in Passages. He ought to see
himself in activities in which he's
interested." He also said that
students would like to have a pub-lication
in which they could
remember events like football
games and the B.J. Thomas
concert.
Students also found the pic-tures
hard to relate to. "There
were few pictures where I knew
the people," junior Wayne
Anthenat put in. Passages was
nice, but if it is going to replace
the yearbook, it should be
expanded."
Also commenting on the pic-tures,
senior Jon Pepper said that
they all looked like they were
taken by one person. But he did
not seem displeased that Pas-sages
was unlike a yearbook. "It
was better than a yearbook," he
said. "Who cares about Nik Dag,
Homecoming, and three basket-ball
games?"
While many complained about
the photographs, Wayne Erick-son,
co-director of food service,
was impressed with the writing
talent. "I loved it," he explained.
"I especially enjoy folksy writings
by localists, and I'm interested in
the way different people write.
Passages included different types
of feelings."
Most students are hopeful that,
in the future, they will receive
something more along the lines of
a yearbook. It seems that people
like to see faces and remember
events, not poems, rocks and
snow, at Bethel.
generosity became a small
spectacle.
The mysterious "Circle Illu-sion"
engineered by Craig
Wilson of "The Fifth Gospel"
(see article, page 6), and Bethel
student Bob Lockman, let
people laugh at their own
gullibility. Sak Theatre let
people discover their dormant
acting talent as they portrayed
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Healy compares yearbook 'Spire'
with magazine styled 'Passages'
Renaissance Festival
brings back lost arts
five
eo"
Actor, writer, comedian Craig Wilson shows one of his many talents for the Clarion
readers
Wilson brings
'Fifth Gospel'
to Bethel
by Holly Schmiess
"And there are also many other
things which Jesus did, which if
they were written in detail, I
suppose that even the world itself
would not contain the books
which were written." So ends the
Gospel of John (New American
Standard version).
The Fifth Gospel", a dramatic
monologue by Craig Wilson,
ventures to guess what those
volumes might have contained:
Jesus borrowing the family
donkey for a date, or having a
waterfight with his disciples?
Craig and his story will be in
Bethel's gym at 8 p.m. this
Wednesday. Bring your bean
bags and pillows.
This original piece sets up pre-conceptions
of Jesus, then knocks
them down. "Even to believers
Jesus is often intangible," said
Craig. "I want 'The Fifth Gospel'
to help people believe he was
real, existed, and that what he
said and did can change their
lives."
In December of 1972 Craig
started reading and rereading
translations of the Gospels,
looking for the real Jesus. A
by Jonathan Pepper
"I like him because he is a
dreamer. And I guess that's what
I am." Dr. Don Rainbow
discussed Starbuck, one of the
roles in "Rainmaker", to be
produced by Bethel's theatre arts
department October 13-22.
Old dreams of the theatre arts
department are changing into
reality this term. Take a short
stroll from the P.O.'s into the fine
arts building to see 3900 square
feet of new facilities.
A brightly-decorated lounge,
box office, workshop and techni-cal
center are a part of the
addition completed this summer.
A touch of professionalism has
finally rooted in these new rooms.
Brian Bjorkland, former Bethel
student, is the part-time technical
director for Bethel theatre.
Already deep into developing
plans for this season's produc-tions,
Brian has designed a thrust
stage for the experimental thea-tre.
Instead of building several
different set-ups, as in the past,
the theatre will remain intact
throughout the year.
Reserved seating has also been
adopted to ease hour-long waits
for theatre-goers. The horseshoe
month later, he imagined four
"unrecorded episodes" into his
first performance for a youth
group in California. Since then
Craig has done "The Fifth Gos-pel"
over 300 times all over the
Unitede States, including Bethel
in October of 1974.
"I never get tired of the
piece," Craig said. "Each time I
get to the ending (where the
statement is made), there's the
new thrill of realizing who this
Son of God is."
During the 80-minute perfor-mance,
Craig uses a chorus of
convincing accents to play 34
characters and a crowd. Once
with the Lambs' Players, he is
now part of Jacob's Ladder and
Sak Theatre at the Renaissance
Fair.
Regarding the controversy in-evitably
aroused by "The Fifth
Gospel", Craig stressed the
necessity of seeing a whole
performance. "Jesus' parables
were full of irony and satire," he
added. "There is a big difference
between controversy that grows
out of bitterness and that which
reconciles people to the real
Christ."
seating area holds about 130
patrons with each seat no more
than four rows from the acting
company.
The season's schedule offers
shows for the theatre student and
for anyone who enjoys the live
entertainment of drama.
"Rainmaker, - by N. Richard
Nash, is a romantic comedy which
opened on Broadway 23 years
ago. In a drought-stricken area of
the American West, H.C. Curry
lives with Lizzie, his daughter,
and two sons. The three men are
concerned with their dying cattle
and their unmarried Lizzie.
Various plots to marry her off fail.
At least until Starbuck arrives
as the rainmaker who promises
rain for a small fee. He not only
brings water to the cattle, but he
brings love to lonely Lizzie.
The playwright's foreward to
the script describes the story
aptly. Lizzie's last hopes are
nearly hopeless, but even those
almost forsaken dreams turn into
blessings. The character are
loving and deserve the happy
ending.
Nash realizes that life doesn't
always give blessing to the
deserving people. That's why
"Rainmaker" is a romantic
Continued from page 3
preacher for eighteen years and
was once associated with the
Billy Graham Crusades.
Monday's message will cen-ter
on "The Christian Way to
get Going." Tuesday's will be
"The Christian Way to build a
Conscience." Wednesday Dr.
Rees will speak at 8:30 before
the Campus clean-up crews go
out, and Thursday he will speak
on "The Christian Way to Join
a Counter Culture."
comedy.
Doc Rainbow is excited about
directing the show because at
least six of the seven characters
direclty contribute to the progres-sion
of the plot. The roles are
excellent character studies for the
learning actor.
"Tartuffe," "All My Sons"
and "You're a Good Man, Charlie
Brown" are also scheduled for
the current season.
Another dream of the theatre
arts department is in offering a
balanced group of professors to
its students. Three full-time and
two part-time faculty members
teach theatre courses this term.
Doug Briggs, familiar to Bethel
students, has returned from
Northwestern College. Jim Price,
of Lamb's Players, is a specialist
in voice, both musical and stage.
Brian Bjorkland teaches the tech-nical
theatre course and directs
tech work.
These new professors join Don
Rainbow and Dale Rott in the
dream-coming-true theatre arts
department. But even the new fa-cilities,
productions and faculty
fade in Dr. Rainbow's eyes as he
says, "Now what we need is a
theatre."
theatre review
Theatre Department
gains professionalism
Arts Calendar
THEATRE
Fantasticks at Park Square Theatre, 8 p.m. Thurs., Fri., and
Sat., through October 8
Ashes at the Guthrie 2, 8 p.m. Wed., Thurs., and Fri., all fall
She Stoops to Conquer at the Guthrie Theatre, 8 p.m. Mon.,
and 1:30 p.m. Sat., all fall
Pygmalion at Janet Wallace Fine Arts Theatre, Macalester
College, 8 p.m. Fri., and Sat., through Sept. 25
Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp at the Children's Theatre
Company 2 and 7 p.m. Sat., through Nov. 12
VISUAL ARTS
Mid Century American Crafts, Arts of Africa, China, and
Chicano cultures at the Minnesota Museum of Art, 30 E.
Tenth St., St. 'Paul, through November
Images of the Old West, in pen, pencil, and wood at Citizens
State Bank Building, 5050 Excelsior Blvd., through Sept. 17
Paintings with broken glass by Louis Safer and sculptures by
Katherine Nash at the Osborne Gallery, 1074 Grand Ave.,
through Oct. 1
MUSIC
Minnesota Orchestra Coffee Concerts, Beethoven's "Conse-cration
of the House, and Brahm's Symphony No. 4, at
Orchestra Hall, 10 a.m. Thurs., Sept. 29
First Capital Series Concert, a premiere work by Hans
Werner Henze, St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, at O'Shaugh-nessy
Auditorium, 8 p.m., Sat., Sept. 17
Scott Warren and Michael Monroe, Christian folk, at the
Amalgamated Underground, Sat. evening, Sept. 17
FILM
The Joan Crawford Series at the Walker Art Center, 1 and 8
p.m. Tues., through Sept.
SPECIAL EVENT
The Renaissance Festival, 4 mi. west of Shakopee, all Sat.
and Sun. through Sept.
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Senior running back Mark Rapinchuk lead both teams in rushing with 155 yards.
Campus Coordinators Scott Barsuhn and Cynthia Green
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Plus
Excited about this year? We sure are.
Many of you have asked..."How did you get B.J. Thomas?"
Actually, this is a perfect example of what your suggestions and ideas
can do—because Gary Setterberg last April dropped the helpful hint
that B.J. had become a Christian and maybe we could get him! After
that we telephoned a few of the major booking agents to see where he
might be found and VIOLA! Of course, he has become much more
popular over the summer with his new album and top 10 hit "Don't
Worry Baby"—but his testimony hasn't changed.
What goes into a concert of this size? There are so many details it
would be difficult to list them all, but just to give you an idea, we'll list
a few.
1. Arrangements for Hotel accomodations
2. Hiring union musicians
3. Rental of special equipment and sound systems
4. Arranging limousine service to and from tne airport
5. Putting the dressing rooms up to first-class par
6. Arranging for extra security
7. Publicity and ticket sales at school and outside
8. Rental of extra-light equipment
9. Arranging for ushers, parking attendants, set-up, clean-up,
stage hands, etc.
10. Keeping in touch with the agent
11. Painting of the flats for a backdrop
Etc., etc., etc.
We think Mike Monroe and Scott Warren will be a great warm-up for
B.J. They'll play about twenty minutes and B.J. will play about an hour
and ten minutes. He usually sings about eighteen songs, so this should
be some concert!
See you there!
Cynthia and Scott
Varsity Sports Schedule
Sept. 17 Football vs. S.W.
State, 1:30 p.m.(H)
Men's cross-country
Triangular, Superi-or,
11 a.m. (A)
Soccer vs. Gustavus,
10 a.m. (H)
Sept. 22 Women's volleyball
vs. St. Kate's, 6:30
p.m. (A)
Chapel Schedule
Monday: Chapel— "To Get
Going"
Tuesday: Chapel — "To build a
Conscience"
Tuesday: 11:30 — Missions
Luncheon, discussion with
mission staff at Bethel
Wednesday: Morning Chapel
— 8:30 a.m., "To Emo-tional
Control"
Wednesday: Faculty Retreat
Wednesday: 7:00 p.m. —
R.A.'s meeting
Thursday: Chapel — "To join a
counter culture"
Thursday: 11:10 — World Civi-lization
class, AC 328,
"Developing a World Vi-sion:
Christian responsibil-ity
for human need"
Friday: Chapel
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sportsmanship equally.
"The girls all have an excellent
commitment, that commitment
being to both athletics and
Christ," she said. "It's great to
start out the season with this kind
of attitude."
Helping out with the coaching
duties as assistant coach is
Joanne Carlson, who last year
was one of Bethel's best setters.
Her presence on the team will be
missed, but her advice and
instruction will be beneficial to
others.
The women's volleyball team in
past years had given good
impressions to other teams about
Bethel as a Christian college.
Christian attitudes have been
shown on the court, and have
been noticed by opposing teams
quite often.
"We're proud of the way our
girls play their best, never
question calls, and most of all,
don't give up when most would,"
the coach related. "This attitude
can also be shown by Bethel fans
during games and can leave an
impression on visiting teams
about the aspects of Christian
sportsmanship."
The team should continue to
provide quality play this season
and with some dedicated work,
they could possibly be a contend-er
in the state tournament.
IMSchedule
Sept. 17 Open gym (9-12)
IM football (9, 10, 11)
Sept. 18 Open gym (1:30-4)
Sept. 19 Women's volleyball
IM football (4, 5, 6)
Sept. 20 Men's volleyball
Sept. 21 Men's and women's
volleyball
Sept. 22 Men's volleyball
Sept. 23 Open gym
Sept. 24 No open gym
IM football (9, 10, 11)
Central Baptist Church
420 North Roy Street
St. Paul, Mn.
646-2751
Staff: Bus leaves: Services
Ron Eckert N.C. 9:25 8:45 and 11
Lloyd Nelson BODIEN 10 Bible Study
Preaching interim 9:45 7 pm evening
Jim Spickelmier
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Frye optimistic about
new volleyball season
Gridders award Reynolds with 38-7
birthday victory over Macalester
by Carol Madison
"This year's volleyball team
definitely has the potential to im-prove
on the 9-6 season that last
year's team produced."
This optimistic view was
expressed by Coach Karyl Frye
after the opening week of prac-tice.
Some of the key, players from
last year, including tri-captains
Cindi Ramm, Joanne Waltov, and
Janet Reynolds, will be returning
to provide the nucleus and
experience of the team. Several
freshmen could add to the overall
strength of the team, especially in
the area of spiking.
"We may have some difficulty
at first with inexperience,"
explained Coach Frye, "but I
think in the long run our skills will
develop to a higher degree than
last year."
At the present, there are
between 25 and 30 girls trying to
make the 18 member team. Nine
of these players would be on
varsity, with the other nine on
junior varsity. The practices have
thus far consisted of conditioning
and skills work, along with testing
and evaluations in order to make
the necessary cuts. By next week,
more team play will be included
in the practices.
"Our goal this year is to do well
in the state tournament. Our
caliber of play all year will be
important because teams are
seeded in the state according to
their season records," said Coach
Frye.
The season opens on Septem-ber
22 with an extremely tough
opponent, St. Catherine. They
placed high in state last year, so
Bethel can gain experience and
learn from that match, and
hopefully pull off a big upset.
The rest of the season consists
of thirteen games and two
tournaments, with state tourneys
starting on November 4th.
Coach Frye expressed her
pleasure in the fact that all of the
girls, both freshmen and return-ing
players, have started out the
season with a great attitude. They
all seem to understand the
concept of the total athlete; one
who places emphasis on the
Christian life, academics, and
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by Dan Erickson
The Bethel soccer team opened
its 1977 season with an encourag-ing
3-1 victory over Concordia of
St. Paul Saturday. A fairly large
crowd watched as the Royals
came roaring back from a 0-1 half
time deficit to score three -goals
off of three assists from Doug
Hage and make Peter Genheim-er's
coaching debut a success.
During the first few minutes it
looked like it was to be a long day
for the team. The taller Concordia
side headed in a corner kick
midway through the first half and
narrowly missed another that
goalie Jeff Beckman was able to
get his hands on. After that,
Bethel controlled the ball, but had
a little trouble getting into
by Greg Kuntz
Coach "Chub" Reynolds had
a birthday Saturday and the
Bethel Royals football team
held a party on the Macalester
field by ousting the Scots 38-7
in this season's opener. Several
hundred enthusiastic Bethel
fans witnessed the Royals, led
by sophomore quarterback Dan
Stockfish, turn around a rather
shaky first quarter performance
into a very strong showing.
The Royals, in spite of a slow
start, never lost their compo-sure,
tightening up defensively
and never quitting offensively.
Macalester took the edge in
the first quarter when halfback
Dwayne Sheppard scored on a
shot-gun play. The point after
was good and the Scots were
7-0, which proved to be their
only tally of the game.
"The shot-gun play by
Macalester surprised us," said
Coach "Chub" Reynolds. "We
didn't think they had it."
Bethel came out stronger in
the second quarter, tightening
up defensively on the line of
scrimmage and on Mac's soph-omore
halfback Dwayne Shep-pard.
A blocked punt set up
Bethel's first scoring drive.
Only three minutes into the
quarter, the Royal offense
penetrated Mac's ten-yard line,
and then sophomore running
back Tom Klitzke carried on a
trap up the middle for the
Royals first touchdown. Fresh-man
kicker Paul Lindberg dead-locked
the score at 7-7.
Later the Royals gained
excellent field position on a
recovered Macalester fumble.
Senior running back Mark
Rapinchuk, who led both teams
in rushing, carried the ball to
the Macalester 18. A clipping
call and a Stockfish fumble,
which he recovered, put the
Royals back to the 35.
A 32-yard field goal attempt
on the fourth down by Lindberg
was short, but the Bethel
shooting range. Right before half
time Bethel was unable to convert
on a penalty kick.
The '76 Royals team lacked
much scoring punch and during
half time the fans began
wondering whether the team
would be able come back. Bethel
has always been noted for its
strong defense but it has also had
a hard time putting the ball in the
net.
But Bethel came out and
applied pressure throughout the
second half, and was rewarded
with a goal from " Homer" (Greg
Thom) off of a corner kick from
Hage. Concordia fought back, but
was beginning to tire. Minutes
later Milt Anderson put the ball in
off of another assist from Doug.
Seconds after that Dave Noland
offense soon pressured again in
the Scots' territory, when run-ning
back Tom Klitzke carried
to the nine for the first and
goal. An offsides call moved the
Royals back, but the tie was
broken when Lindberg chipped
over a 16-yard field goal with
2:07 left in the half.
The Royals had possession
again before half time, and
Stockfish went to a passing
game to senior flanker John
Selvog, who made it to the
Macalester two-yard line as
time ran out. The Royals went
to the locker room with a 10-7
lead.
The Royals came on fresh and
strong in the second half, with
the offense finding more
Macalester holes. The defense
put on the pressure with good
pass coverage and sacked the
Scot's quarterback, Steve Sage-dahl,
several times. Macales-ter's
tiring offense never really
threatened at all in the half.
Bethel's tally in the third
quarter came on a hand-off to
Rapinchuk, who plunged into
the Macalester end zone. The
play had been set up by a Stock-fish
quarterback sneak. Lind-berg
split the uprights perfectly
and the Royals had a 17-7 edge.
The Royals dominated and ran
away with three touchdowns in
the fourth quarter. Stockfish
kept and scored from the 20
with ten and a half minutes to
play.
The Bethel quarterbacks con-tined
to be a focus of attention
for awhile when back-up Lonnie
Holmgren came in and soon
had a brilliant run to the
Macalester two-yard line. He
sneaked in for Bethel's second
T.D. of the final quarter and
built up a commanding 31-7
edge.
Freshman defensive back
Greg Stipe intercepted a
Sagedahl pass with :40 left and
almost found daylight, but
made it to the Scot's six. A
short run by freshman Mark
steered one in off of a beautiful
pass in front from Doug again, his
third assist of the day.
Brian Bohne, Jon Fast, and Jay
Stutsman all played strong games
on the defensive, and overall the
Royals looked pretty good for only
being together a little more than a
week. "It took us a little time to
get untracked, but this year's
team will definitely score more
than last year's," promises Doug
Hage.
Members of the team ex-pressed
their appreciation for the
large turnout at the Saturday
morning game, and hope that this
continues. Bethel opened its
M I AC season Wednesday against
Hamline, and plays tomorrow
against Gustavus.
Johnson and a successful point
after made it 38-7, which was
the final.
The Royals had 547 yards of
total offense of which 476 were
rushing. Mark Rapinchuk had
155 yards rushing in 21 carries.
Dan Stockfish completed 50%
of his passes, and had 94 yards
rushing.
Coach "Chub" Reynolds was
hoisted off the field at the end
of the game by the entire Bethel
squad singing "Happy Birth-day."
Reynolds was very pleased
with the team's performance.
"We started calling the right
plays and had control of the line
of scrimmage," he said. "The
defense kept pressure on their
tailback and on their passing,
and we dominated up the
middle."
The Royals showed a lot of
depth in the game. "We have
two very capable quarterbacks,
and the second team did real
well," said Coach Reynolds.
"Macalester lacked depth
which really hurt them."
Bethel had five fumbles, but
recovered three of them. "We
need to cut down on fumbles in
running an option, but they
come at times with running this
play," said Reynolds.
Mark Rapinchuk said, "We
were consistent once we got
started and kept it up. We got a
lot of yardage on no-hole
counter-dive and outside veer.
Our defense really shut them
off."
The Royals home opener is
tomorrow at 1:30 p.m. against
Southwest State. Coach .Rey-nolds
said, "We need to stay
consistent. Our whole offensive
line is back and have made the
right adjustments defensive-ly."
Rapinchuk said, "It's one
game at a time. I expect to win,
but we have to continue to play
well like the last game."
Continued from page 5
characters in the old story of
Solomon's wisdom with two
mothers.
Five small amphitheatres
staged everything from mime
and jugglers to troubadors.
Comedia del arte theatre
happened in a clearing, and an
impeccable string ensemble
played Puccini chamber music
under an oak.
The food is delectable and
amazingly un-mass-produced.
The ever-popular mammoth
turkey legs are back, plus
French quiche lorraine, Japa-nese
tempura, Greek baklava,
German bratwurst, and English
fish 'n chips. Or simple hot
muffins and herb tea for the
between-feast munchies.
The Renaissance Festival is
open Saturdays and Sundays
the rest of September. Unless
you have a time tunnel of your
own, let the fair transport you
to an age whose riches are
enchanting.
Genheimer successful
in coaching debut
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B.J. Thomas will bring his famous hit-songs, which
include, "Raindrops Keep Falling on my Head," and
"Don't Worry Baby," along with his new found faith to
Bethel tonight at 8 p.m.
`Smileys' welcome freshmen
with assistance, entertainment
SEP 16 1977
Bruce Olsen editor Greg Kuntz sports editor The Clarion is published weekly
Holly Schmiess news editor Mark Holmes photo editor by the students of Bethel College.
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THE CLARION
Bethel College Vol. 53, No. 1 September 16, 1977
by Bruce Olsen cal method available to be used at
The Bethel Board of Regents sod-breaking. The three possible
have taken another step to methods include a commercial
alleviate the present crowded mortgage through a local bank,
conditions on the Bethel campus bonds approved through the
by planning to build a second student Higher Education Facility
annex on to the present facilities. Authority (HEFA), or through a
This new annex will be added on low-interest loan from the Hous-to
the present Learning Resource ing and Urban Affairs Depart-
Center (LRC) building. ment (HUD) of the federal go-
The new annex, which is to vernment.
begin construction sometime in The new construction plans
November, will be the same size also provide for the building of a
as the annex on to the fine arts courtyard and a small theatre
building, covering four floors and outside of the new annex.
extending the LRC building The construction dates on these
another forty feet. new buildings are all tentative
Cost of the new annex is es- until the present squabble be-timated
to be in excess of tween Northwestern Bible Col-
$400,000. The regents plan to lege and the Village of Arden
fund this building project through Hills has been alleviated.
several sources, one-half to As was reported in the March
two-thirds of which are to come 25, 1977 issue of the Clarion, the
from special gifts and foundation Village of Arden Hills had turned
grants. The remaining finances down a building permit request to
will come out of operating funds Northwestern Bible College due to
from tuition, bookstore and anti-public sentiment about a pro-dining
room sales. posed 1850-seat auditorium to be
Also in the planning stage are built on the Northwestern cam-two
new dorms to go under pus. Therefore Bethel could not
construction in November. These be granted a building permit from
dorms, which will cost approxi- the village, for Northwestern
mately $1.5 million, will be could then argue that their
located in the proximity of the application for a permit was also
football field. If the sale of old valid.
campus were to come about, five The lawsuit between Northwes-new
dorms will be built instead of tern and the Village of Arden
the planned two. Hills is scheduled to go before the
Funding for the dorms may court at the end of this month.
come out of three possible Dean George Brushaber is con-sources,
with the most economi- fident that the court will rule in
Regents plan for annex
by Nancy Naumenko
The dawn of a new era. No, I'm
not referring to the exploration of
Mars, the advanced relations with
Cuba and Russia, or even the pre-sent
availability of the banking
window. Rather, my comment is
in reference to the unprecedented
lack of overcrowding at Bethel.
Present unofficial population
figures stand at 1830 persons, 550
of whom are freshmen, and 140 of
whom are transfers. These
figures, it may be noted, have not
increased appreciably over this
year's projected total of 1825.
No longer do any townhouses
contain seven persons. Doc Rain-bow
has been transported across
the hall from his dressing room
office to a brightly lit office
amidst his colleagues. The
Registrar's office now constantly
contains student traffic from its
new third-story position. And,
of course, which of us could have
failed to note the new positioning
and availability of the banking
window—surely the most appre-ciable
change, according to many.
Commenting on the overcrowd-ing
situation at Bethel, two
freshmen girls each said: "Well,
there's nothing I can compare it
to, but I sure don't feel
crowded."
Of course, problem areas still
remain. Consider the post office
area after chapel. Or the
coffeeshop at 2:30. Parking can
be a hazard towards achieving
being on time for classes, and
how many have huddled on the
gym steps an extra half hour
because they didn't anticipate
being pushed through a bus
window as a result of the pressure
of bodies within?
Plans, however, are in the
offing. The proposed new annex,
according to Dean Brushaber, is
favor of Northwestern, and there-fore
will give Bethel the opportu-nity
of gaining a building permit
to begin construction in Novem-ber.
The new annex will be used
mainly to relieve congested areas
in the LRC building. The base-ment
floor of the annex will
provide space for three student
lounges and more space to
alleviate the congested post office
area.
The second floor will be used to
extend the present coffee shop.
The new coffee shop will be
approximately three times its
present size.
The third floor will provide ad-ditional
office space. The public
affairs, Christian Service and
education department offices will
be placed on this floor of the new
annex.
The fourth floor will extend the
present library facilities. Two new
classrooms will also be built on
this floor in addition to the addi-tional
space to be used as a study
area. The education department,
which presently occupies the back
portion of the library, will be
moved to the third floor offices in
the new annex.
If one wishes to inspect the
specifics of this building project,
one may venture up to the fourth
floor of the fine arts building. The
blueprints for the annex have
been put out for display directly
across from the dean's office.
anticipated to be completed by
next summer. It is intended to
triple the size of the coffee shop,
as well as provide more library,
lounge, recreation, office, and
classroom space.
It is hoped that parking and bus
problems will be alleviated as car
pools are formed and schedules
settled into. If not, measures such
as the acquiring of an additional
bus for peak periods may need to
be taken.
Therefore, despite the limita-tions
evident in the resolving of
the situation, it would appear that
student opinion and concern has,
coupled with the efforts of the
administration, brought about an
improved community. From the
Clarion staff, now speaking from
the celestial heights of the former
banking window (as compared to
last year's boiler room quar-ters)—
Thanks, Bethel!
by G.W. Smith
On a Saturday morning, the
third of September, a throng of
some five hundred freshmen in-vaded
the Arden Hills campus
intent upon placing a multitude of
possessions into one very small
room. Welcome Week had
officially begun.
Suitcases, trunks, boxes, stere-os,
bigger boxes, televisions and
clothes for at least three decades
of existence arrived in a motley
assortment of trucks, cars,
U-Haul trailers, vans, mobile
homes and little red wagons. The
once quiet Bethel campus, pre-viously
inhabited by a peaceful
population of squirrels and bunny
rabbits, immediately became a
snarled mass of frolicking fresh-men—
lost, alone and afraid.
In the midst of this continuous
caravan of calamity there arrived
a close-knit unit of blue-shirted
"smileys" to assist the freshmen
in carrying luggage, giving
directions and providing encour-agement.
The smileys swiftly infiltrated
the masses and emerged with
suitcases in each hand, shoes and
neckties slung over shoulders,
anything from fruit bowls to
tambourines upon their heads
and at least a half a dozen no. 2
pencils clenched between still
smiling mouths.
The hectic rush of opening day
subsided by mid-afternoon and by
evening the once lost one's and
two's became groups of six, seven
and eight.
Now that the week had actually
begun, it was time for the
welcome.
Prompted by their fearless
leaders, Mike Rosell and Nan
Goss, the smiling Welcome Week
staff of 41 volunteers skillfully
provided the new freshmen with a
variety of fun and entertainment.
Saturday night saw the show-ing
of the acclaimed movie
"Brother Sun Sister Moon,"
replete with popcorn and root
beer for all.
Sunday was a full day for the
new students and began with
morning worship in the Bethel
gymnasium, climaxed that eve-ning
with a literally riotous mixer
and series of skits.
Monday began quite early-
3:00 a.m. It was sock hop time in
the gym a la fifties. For one
complete hour the now slightly
irate, dreary-eyed, robe-clad
continued on page 2
Everyone enjoys more elbow room
Doug loses leg in cycle mishap
freshmen mumbled threats of re-venge
while hurling cake donuts
at the red-headed menace and his
companions of diabolical absurdi-ty.
Mike Monroe and Scott Warren
concluded the day with an
outstanding performance that
demanded an ill-sought encore.
So everybody ate a bathtub full of
ice-cream instead.
It was a handy band of pirates
that captured the attention of the
freshmen on Tuesday and skillful-ly
relieved them from the
doldrums of registration and
testing.
At the koinonia service on
Tuesday evening the Welcome
Week theme of "I Shall Seek
Thee Earnestly" from Psalm 63
surfaced. The fun and frolick in
the past, the reality of fellowship
of one another with the Father
through Jesus Christ placed the
final welcome upon the new com-munity
of Bethel.
Prayer groups continued each
morning throughout the week in
which seeking God earnestly
became a more vivid reality. With
this theme implanted in their
hearts the freshmen class tackled
Wednesday and the first day of
classes.
At the banquet on Friday night
the Welcome Week staff afforded
the freshmen the opportunity to
look upon their first week at
Bethel and their future weeks
with a special degree of God-giv-en
optimism—the kind of optim-ism
that comes from Seeking God
Earnestly.
Indeed, there is a "sweeter"
sweet spirit in this place called
Bethel and nothing less than a
superb Welcome Week can be
held responsible.
by Holly Schmiess
Robert Douglas (Doug) Mounce,
one of the 19 student mission-aireis
sponsored by Bethel's SMP
this summer, has not yet returned
to tell about his experience. Doug
is at home in Kentucky getting
used to an artificial leg.
Mexico City and service with
Spearhead Missions were Doug's
destinations when he left the
Twin Cities on his motorcycle the
second week in June. He traveled
by way of friends' homes in wes-tern
states, staying with them a
little longer than he'd planned.
On June 16, near Mazatlan, on
the west coast of Mexoco, Doug
was making up for lost time by
riding all night. At 1 a.m. Doug
hit the side of an oncoming bus.
No one knows who was in the
wrong lane. The bus didn't stop.
Doug's right foot was severed
in the collision, and although he
wasn't helmeted, Doug suffered
only a mild concussion and
several broken ribs. He lay on the
roadside semi-conscious for two
hours. During that time, he
vaguely recalls motorists stop-ping,
getting out to peer at him,
then returning to their vehicles
and driving away.
Finally a Mexican named Luke
dared pick up Doug and put him
in the front seat of his
Volkswagon. They drove to a
hospital in the nearest little town
where, because of Doug's un-known
identity, he was given
minimal treatment until 8 a.m.
when the United States embassy
opened in Mazatlan. The embas-sy
assured the hospital of
payment and sent an ambulance
for his transfer to Mazatlan.
Three hours later, at 11 a.m.,
Doug was at last receiving serious
medical attention at the Mazatlan
hospital. A blockage in the artery
of his right leg had deprived that
limb of circulation since the
collision, but probably spared him
from bleeding to death. Never-theless,
the leg had to he amputa-ted
just above the knee. Doug was
in critical condition.
Meanwhile, a police call was
extended to reach his parents on
vacation in Oregon. Dr. and Mrs.
Robert Mounce had parked their
van outside a police headquarters
while shopping. The patrolmen
found the very vehicle they'd
been alerted to, in their own park-ing
lot.
Dr. and Mrs. Mounce knew of
their son's situation within two
hours after the first police call.
Robert Mounce taught Biblical
studies at Bethel, and is now
chairman of the department of
humanities at Western Kentucky
University in Bowling Green,
Kentucky.
Dr. Mounce and his son-in-law
flew to Mazatlan and recognized
that although Doug's surgeon had
been competent, Doug needed
better facilities and care. Mazat-lan's
sheriff insisted that Doug
stay until legal entanglements
were resolved. After two days,
Dr. Mounce persuaded the sheriff
to release Doug, and he was im-mediately
flown to the UCLA
Medical Center in Los Angeles.
Gangrene was now spreading
through the rest of his leg and
body. The limb had to be entirely
removed. Doug was flown to Long
Beach Hospital where a hyper-beric
chamber filled him with
oxygen—the only know enemy of
gangrene toxin. It would be 24
hours before anyone could know
whether Doug would survive. He
did.
"The Lord spared your life
three times," Dr. Mounce told his
son. "At the accident, in Mazat-lan,
and in oxygen at Long
Beach."
Doug spent most of August
back at UCLA Medical Center re-cuperating
and being fitted with
an artificial leg. He is now at a
hospital near his home in
Kentucky.
Medical and flight costs not
assumed by insurance, total
continued on page 3
editorial
Staff reviews
policy
Policy- statements are not the most pleasant and exciting articles to
read—and yet no newspaper is complete without one. Therefore we
will reserve this first editorial to provide the students, faculty, staff and
administration with some guidelines as to the practices and policies of
the Bethel Clarion.
The purpose of this newspaper will be fourfold. The first is to inform.
Naturally, all newspapers are built on the assumption that they will
inform the reading public of improtant happenings. The Clarion will
stick to reporting mainly on-campus activities. We will only report state
or national news in the event that it will have a direct impact on the
student body of Bethel College.
A second purpose would be to provide entertaining reading. We
hope that certain articles will bring a smile to your face and a bright
spot to your day. At times we may also poke fun at certain Bethel insti-tutions
or "sacred cows." We hope that these pokes will be accepted in
the framework that they are meant.
A third, and perhaps the most important, purpose of this newspaper
will be to provide a Christian message to the readers. Since Bethel is a
Christian college, Christian values and goals should permeate the
paper. Editorials, features, and news stories should all, either implicit-ly
or explicitly, be centered around the Christian message.
A final, and perhaps not so important, purpose of this paper will be
to totally eradicate the names of Marshall Shelley, Paul Healy and Bill
Trollinger from the pages of this most distinguished media device.
Such names have no place on these pages, and we will promise to do
our best to keep them off.
The Clarion also reserves the right to decide what should or should
not be printed in this newspaper. Obscene words or using the Lord's
name in vain will not be tolerated. Neither will be tolerate any
slanderous and malicious cuts on another's personality in any letter or
article submitted to the Clarion. The editorial staff will use their discre-tion
in deciding the narrow line between "good" and "bad" taste for
publication in the Clarion.
Another point we would wish to make is the place for criticism in a
Christian community. We believe that constructive criticism has its
place at Bethel, and it will be used when thought necessary. By
ignoring obvious problems and faults in this community, it would only
serve to heighten the problem and make it more difficult to blot out as
time went by. Criticism can be used effectively when it is backed by
good, supportive data.
Since the Clarion is the only totally student-run media at Bethel
(aside from the literary pamphlet, Coeval), we will attempt to be fair in
reporting all issues. By fair, we mean that both sides of the issue will
be reported. But fair does not mean blah, milk-toast, wishy-washy jour-nalism.
We will be expressing our opinions on certain topics. If we feel
some department, group or person needs or deserves a good shot, we
will not think twice about doing it. Of course, we will support these
views with supportive data.
Letters to the editor are strongly encouraged. All too often students,
administrators, staff and faculty will often hold deep-seated feelings
inside, when a good letter would be the best cure. We expect to receive
criticism, and the letters to the editor column can provide the best
sounding board for such opinions.
We hope this year will be a good one for each of you. We will do our
best to help make it a good one for you and are willing to accept any
ideas that you may have to help make the Clarion a better student
newspaper.
Welcome Week, continued from page 1
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Bethel once more starts out
its year with Spiritual Emphasis
Week. This year's chapel will
be addressed by one of the out-standing
evangelical spokes-man
of our time, Paul S. Rees.
The theme of his chapel
messages will be "There's a
Christian Way." Dr. Rees is
known for his ability to combine
a vision of world missions with
an emphasis on personal devo-tions.
Paul S. Rees is primarily
known for his role as editor and
then editor at large for World
Vision magazine. His editorials
in that magazine have chal-lenged
readers since 1964, and
he is the author of 14 books.
One of his latest books is
entitled "Don't Sleep Through
the Revolution," and subtitled
"An editor's prickly thoughts
on what Christians are here
for."
Dr. Rees has been director of
the World Vision's Pastor's
Conferences from 1964-75 and
has been a frequent speaker at
Bible conferences and youth
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between four and five thousand
dollars. Bethel's SMP is helping
with $600 from remaining sum-mer
funds, and will soon be
taking a special offering in
chapel.
Pastor Jim Spickelmeier has
phoned Doug several times at the
UCLA hospital. He reports
Doug's spirits are much better.
And his father says Doug hopes to
be back at Bethel next semester."
Professor
helps translate
Old into new
Student Association leaders Tad Johnson [left] and Mark
Carlson.
Johnson/Carlson
by Mark Carlson
A new year has begun and the Student Association is in full swing for
a busy year. In case you new students are unaware, your enrollment at
Bethel means automatic membership in the Student Association. So, as
we try to accomplish things for the benefit of Bethel students, we need
some help from each of our "members."
Remember those long forms asking address, phone, etc. with which
we all struggled during registration? Well, part of that form, as well as
everyone's "mugshots" will be used for our roster—a pictorial
directory provided free of charge to every student.
Priscilla Golz, our hard-working Roster coordinator says that the
directory should come around the first of November. For the first time
ever, a professional photographer was hired to take the pictures. This
should help make the Roster a book well worth keeping.
Next Wednesday brings Service Day to Bethel. Because the faculty
are on a retreat and classes cancelled, the Student Senate has planned
a day packed with chances to lend a helping hand in a variety of ways
around our community.
Students may offer their services in clean-up efforts around old
campus and Fountain Terrace, not to mention the new campus
grounds. There is also the possibility of some longer trips to Trout Lake
Camp and/or Taylors Falls. Area nursing care homes are another
possibility for involvement.
To add to Service Day there will be a morning breakfast/devotional
with Dr. Paul Rees of World Vision International, our Spiritual
Emphasis Week speaker. The day will end with a picnic combined with
entertainment by Craig Wilson, a very talented and thought-provoking
dramatist.
There is a lot of benefit in helping others, and Service Day can
provide both the giver and receiver a great experience. Let's have a
good turn-out!
In the next couple of weeks, the election process for five freshmen
senators will begin. Before anyone can get on the ballot, he/she must
have a petition with 25 signatures. To get the petition contact the
senate office. An ambitious group of freshmen are often the key to
having an active and involved senate. Take advantage of this oppor-tunity.
Besides direct membership on the Student Senate, all students are
given an opportunity to apply for positions on student-faculty commit-tees.
These committees are the major governance structure of the
college, and make decisions which affect the school in a major way.
Students have voting power on the committees which makes Bethel
unique among most colleges.
A student-faculty committee can be a great opportunity to meet
faculty as well as other students. Even better, it is a great way to learn
more about Bethel, and have a real impact on our school. Applications
will be issued through the P.O.'s. If you have any special questions,
contact Tad Johnson in the senate office.
For those who noticed the absense of the $5 social fee on your bill,
don't worry because it will appear in September. But before the groans
are too loud, remember that this fee is a big reason B.J. Thomas will be
at Bethel tonight. Plus. the money will give Bethelites a lot of great
activities to anticipate throughout the year.
For you upperclassmen who noticed the additional study space
added to the upper floor of the LRC, partial credit is due to the senate.
Realizing last spring the high probability of increased enrollment, the
senate passed a bill asking for the additional space to become part of
the LRC, instead of remaining as office space for public affairs. Our
thanks to Dean Brushaber for approving the additional library space,
but not for the enrollment increase.
One final note—the Student Senate has a new office this year,
having been elevated from the boiler room, and finally separated from
the company of the Clarion staff. We're now located next to the music
office, directly across from the men's room by the music lounge. The
office is complete with sofa, chairs, and stereo. We're looking for a lot
of visitors, so stop in and say hello.
Translations of the newest ver-sion
of the Bible—the New
International (NIV)—is being
done by a local scholar, Dr.
Ronald F. Youngblood, professor
of Old Testament at Bethel
Theological Seminary, who has
just returned from a 10-week final
revision session in Heverlee,
Belgium.
Previously, Drs. Art Lewis and
Walter Wessel at Bethel College,
and Donald Madvig at Bethel
Seminary have been involved in
working on the NIV also.
Under the auspices of the New
York International Bible Society,
Dr. Youngblood and seven other
Biblical scholars have been
collating their work on the
Psalms, one of the final books of
sacred scripture to be translated
by this committee. Another group
met simultaneously to complete
Genesis and Leviticus.
"The books of Psalms and
Genesis were specifically left to
the end," Youngblood states,
"because of their great usage.
Our committees wanted to be
sure we had plenty of experience
behind us before tackling them."
He added that the Psalms are ex-tremely
important because of
their poetic form and the
translators were especially sensi-tive
to matters of style.
"In some cases we spent as
much as half an hour discussing a
single line," he said, "to be sure
that it was exactly right with
respect to rhythm and meaning."
Dr. Youngblood will spend an
additional seven weeks during his
fall sabbatical to finish other NIV
translation details. He has served
on the project since 1970,
spending the last four summers
with committees in various parts
of the world plus several 2-3 week
sessions each year. The comple-ted
translation will be published
late in 1978.
"Obviously I am prejudiced
about the NIV," Youngblood
said, "but I believe it is superior
to other current editions of the
Bible. It is a new translation and
we have the advantage of many
versions behind us. One of the
great strengths of the NIV will be
its literary style and, like the King
James Version, we hope that
element—in addition to its
accuracy—will help make it last
for centuries to come."
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this space, but unfortunately
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conflicts.
The job of collecting default-ed
federally insured student
loans will soon be placed in the
hands of a private collection
organization, Health, Educa-tion,
and Welfare's (HEW)
Office of Education announced
today.
The Office of Education (OE)
is soliciting proposals from
organizations which have had
nationwide experience in col-lecting
consumer loans and in
tracing the whereabouts of
defaulters.
"They do a serious disservice
to the vast majority of former
students who honor their obli-gations
and jeopardize the
futures of millions of students
whose education aspirations
hinge on the availability of
these loans," he continued.
Basically, the successful bid-der
for the contract will be
Closed minds,
Open mouths
by David Shelley
Under the pressure of a new academic year I will hold this column to
a simple introduction of its author.
I usually go by David, but answer to any number of pseudonyms,
including "Shell" and "Rufus," and nobody really knows why.
Writing runs in the family. It dates back to at least the early 1800's
when a distant relative named Percy wrote poems about love and such,
which were fine for romantics, but not good enough to get him a
regular column in a newspaper.
Percy had a wife named Mary who wrote a book called "Franken-stein."
That was a corny name for a love story, but by a little distortion
the film industry brought it to best-seller fame.
Other writers in the family include my father, brother and aunt, all
writers who have influenced me greatly but should not be blamed for
anything I come up with.
I was born in Denver, Colo., which is not famous for writers but is
known to have good skiers and recently to have good basketball play-ers.
I went through my rebellious years in the mid-60's when activism
was on the rise. I was in about the fourth grade. I questioned the
meaning of life. I disliked writing and questioned the purpose of doing
a whole page of math problems when the first one was enough to prove
that I had the basic idea.
The teacher used to say that practice made perfect, which directly
contradicted my Sunday school teacher's insistence that all have
sinned
My prayer life grew during that period. Every night I asked for a
rapture to save me from school the next day.
By fifth grade I learned to be content in whatever state I'm in (I was
still in Colorado), and I realized that to get somewhere in life it was
best to do the required work and to question things only when it was
tactful.
I still had questions, but my Sunday school teacher said we would
never begin to understand some things until we got to heaven.
She gave the example of George Washington Carver who never
found out why God made the world, or why God made man, but did
find out why God made the peanut.
I didn't care about peanuts, but I did ask God why he made
mosquitoes and why he didn't make seedless watermelons. I was
beginning to develop my "Weltanschauung."
In sixth grade I edited the class newspaper. My vocabulary and
writing style haven't changed much since, but I have more answers,
more questions, and I'm taller.
I stand 5-foot-11, which is fine for a writer, okay for a skier and
nothing special for a basketball player.
I'm a member of a Baptist church and I'm registered as a Democrat,
and if there are two things I don't like to discuss, they're politics and
infant baptism.
This column is callled "Closed Minds and Open Mouths" because
those two things seem to go together all too frequently, and as it is my
job to open my journalistic mouth, I'll try not to be close-minded.
And if you want my editorial position: I promise to be truthful and
not to blaspheme or libel or write about overcrowding or tell Polack
jokes.
required to locate defaulted
borrowers, establish a payment
schedule, and arrange for
payments to be made to OE.
Another part of the job will be
to recommend measures OE
should take—including legal
action—on debts the organiza-tion
is unable to collect.
The contractor will receive no
appropriated federal funds.
Instead, OE will pay the organi-zation
a percentage of the
payments collected.
The contract will apply only
to the Federal Insured Student
Loan Program (FISLP), under
which the federal government
has directly Insured approxi-mately
one-half of all loans in
the Guaranteed Student Loan
Program. The rest have been
guaranteed by one of 27 state
or private nonprofit guarantee
agenciet.
Federal agency plans to track down
college loan fugitives and collect
Only the contract organiza-tion's
salaried personnel may
collect from student defaulters.
Their efforts will supplement
the activities of some 106 OE
collectors and appropriate sup-port
personnel located mostly in
HEW Regional Offices across
the country.
Until now, OE employees
have had sole responsibility for
FISLP collections. However, for
a number of years, many
guarantee agencies have used
private firms to collect their
defaulted loans.
Copies of the RFP may be
obtained by sending a self-addressed
mailing label to:
Application Control Center,
U.S. Office of Education, Room
5673 ROB #3, 400 Maryland
Avenue, S.W., Washington,
D.C. 20202.
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Paul Redin, director of career counseling and placement,
analyzes part-time employment opportunities.
646-7135
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STORE AND GREENHOUSES
175,000 Square Feet of Glass
Poll reveals disillusionment
with yearbook substitute
Part-time work
offered locally
to students
by Denise Hansen
Part-time employment oppor-tunities
are greater than ever this
year at Bethel. Jobs ranging from
waitressing to clerking, mainten-ance
work to supervising play-grounds
are available for the
student who knows where to look.
With the rising cost of tuition,
the career counseling and place-ment
office has put forth a greater
effort to locate part-time employ-ment
opportunities.
Paul Redin, director of career
counseling and placement, and
Julie Blomquist, career counsel-ing
and placement secretary, be-gan
this effort by locating 600
businesses, most within a three-mile
radius of Bethel.
Before school began, a letter
was sent to 200 of these business-es
informing them of Bethel's lo-cation,
and of the availability of
Bethel students for work. The
response was so great that only
these 200 letters could be sent
before school began. The remain-ing
400 letters will be sent this
week.
Many of the responses were
from businesses not familiar with
by Will Healy
Due to the decline in interest
and publication problems of the
Spire, the Student Senate
decided to change the yearbook
format to a magazine. The
purpose of this move was to
both reduce cost and to alle-viate
the task of the editor.
The result of all this was
Passages, that magazine-look-ing
magazine you skimmed
over and promply discarded last
spring. Yet for those of us who
read it, namely the contributers
and their immediate familes,
Passages, proved to be a more
than adequate replacement for
the Spire.
In analyzing Passages, then,
or any year-end publication for
that matter, we must ask: what
is expected? What is valuable
about a yearbook? The obvious
answer is that we want to
preserve the memories of our
college experience. Such a pen-chant
for nostalgia is universal.
However, this one criterion
required for a year-end publica-tion
can be accomplished on a
much smaller scale. Passages
has captured that which is good
about a yearbook without the
expense or the effort. Not only
is it representative in its
coverage of the important
things about Bethel (i.e., the
coffee shop, intramurals, dorm
life, and pinball), but Passages
has also managed to attain a
certain quality of freshness and
brevity which a yearbook lacks.
While some may argue that a
magazine does not provide
Bethel. These new contacts,
along with businesses who con-tact
Bethel every year, will
increase part-time employment
opportunities for Bethel students.
Included in the letter sent out
was an invitation to visit our cam-pus.
When talking with Paul
Redin about the purpose of the in-vitation
he said, "Our strongest
Selling point is to get them
(businesses) out to see our
people."
The bulletin board, located
outside and to the left of the
student affairs office, has the list-many
personal memories (such
as everyone having their
picture in it), we must take a
close look at the expense
involved. The elimination of the
Spire enabled the Student As-sociation
to greatly improve the
Roster, from which all the
individual yearbook pictures
are taken anyway.
The point is, a yearbook for-mat
is simply too limited. Being
forced to cover every depart-by
Holly Schmiess
The Renaissance Festival
four miles south of Shakopee
was once a fascinating day full
of wonderful sights, sounds,
and smells. No more. Now it's
two days full, providing you
only casually browse.
Two people, or three, or four,
could attend the fair the same
day and because of its size and
variety, not even have noticed
the same things. Capturing it in
words is like describing the
evolving patterns in a kaleide-scope.
I can only tell about the
moments that delighted me.
There are more handcraft
merchants than ever before,
making, displaying, and selling
their creations. Just when I
spent all my superlatives on
cases of brilliant Indian jewelry,
a shed full of glossy carved
clocks with feathered faces
called for more. Leather,
ing of part-time employment
opportunities. Some full-time
opportunities can also be found
on the board, along with summer
jobs to be placed on the board
next spring.
Positions are filled and new
part-time opportunities are put up
daily. If you are in need of a
part-time job, it would not hurt to
check the board every couple of
days. These off-campus employ-ment
opportunities not only
provide for the pocket book, but
also provide a chance for involve-ment
outside of Bethel.
ment of Bethel is not only
tedious and expensive, but
unnecessary as well.
Granted, Passages is not a
yearbook. It was not intended to
be one. While this change in
format may result in a real test
of creativity, at least a step in
the right direction has been
taken. The success or failure of
future editions will depend on
how well the writers manage to
capture the aura of Bethel.
candles, etchings, weaving,
ceramics—each object crafted
with integrity and sheltered
under countless rough-hewn
booths.
Occasionally, an artisan dem-onstrated
the process of his
creation, and in his patience the
audience was hushed. I think of
the glass blower and his agile
movements timed to precision
at the mercy of molten sand.
The risk of creating was as
suspenseful as watching a
trapeze acrobat.
Driven by a sudden rain into
a stained glass mercantile, I
pulled down my hood and
peered through the mosaics of
color. It was a little place and
quite crowded with refugees
from the weather, but here I
discovered the unusually amia-ble
spirit among fair-goers.
Unlike the pushy crowds at
noisy midways, everyone seem-ed
enveloped in the magic of
by Suzi Wells
To students and faculty, the
literary magazine Passages, that
came out last spring, was every-thing
from a "glorified Coeval"
to a nice reminder of Bethel in
years to come. Most considered
the literature excellent, and
others, expecting something like
the Spire yearbook, had sugges-tions
for improvements.
Many students felt that the
magazine should have included
some "action" pictures for
students to look back on and
remember their experiences at
Bethel. Most pictures included
nature scenes and pictures of
buildings and objects rather than
people.
Junior Beth Neese commented,
"The pictures were nice, but it
would be nice to see people. It's
fun to see people and things that
happened during the year."
Donna Doebler, junior, added,
"I wish there were a few more
pictures since we don't have a
Spire. I'm a traditionalist at
heart, and I'd like to see the Spire
come back. I like to remember
what goes on at Bethel."
Some other students expressed
sentiments similar to Donna's. "I
was really disappointed," junior
Tim Terrell said. "It was good as
far as literature is concerned, but
not very representative of the
school as a whole." Tim added
that he was expecting something
more along the lines of a year-book,
especially with people in it.
"That's what Bethel is—people,"
he concluded.
Another student appreciated
the effort students put into
Passages. "People really put
their hearts into it, but I don't
think anybody paid attention to
them," sophomore Marsha By-strom
contributed. "I think that it
contained a lot of good literature,
but I don't think that students
that place.
That doesn't mean that
people weren't doing things.
For the more competitive there
was archery, jousting, human
chess, and horsemanship.
Some unsuspecting bystanders
were nabbed into a little tom-foolery
among the village folk. I
was awarded a labrador puppy
for I know not what and my
gingerly efforts to decline such
gave adequate attention or
listened to what these people
were trying to say through it."
Although many faculty mem-bers
did not receive or read
Passages, some had comments to
make. .Paul Redin, director of
career counseling and placement,
related, "I didn't see anything
that an individual could relate to
in Passages. He ought to see
himself in activities in which he's
interested." He also said that
students would like to have a pub-lication
in which they could
remember events like football
games and the B.J. Thomas
concert.
Students also found the pic-tures
hard to relate to. "There
were few pictures where I knew
the people," junior Wayne
Anthenat put in. Passages was
nice, but if it is going to replace
the yearbook, it should be
expanded."
Also commenting on the pic-tures,
senior Jon Pepper said that
they all looked like they were
taken by one person. But he did
not seem displeased that Pas-sages
was unlike a yearbook. "It
was better than a yearbook," he
said. "Who cares about Nik Dag,
Homecoming, and three basket-ball
games?"
While many complained about
the photographs, Wayne Erick-son,
co-director of food service,
was impressed with the writing
talent. "I loved it," he explained.
"I especially enjoy folksy writings
by localists, and I'm interested in
the way different people write.
Passages included different types
of feelings."
Most students are hopeful that,
in the future, they will receive
something more along the lines of
a yearbook. It seems that people
like to see faces and remember
events, not poems, rocks and
snow, at Bethel.
generosity became a small
spectacle.
The mysterious "Circle Illu-sion"
engineered by Craig
Wilson of "The Fifth Gospel"
(see article, page 6), and Bethel
student Bob Lockman, let
people laugh at their own
gullibility. Sak Theatre let
people discover their dormant
acting talent as they portrayed
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Healy compares yearbook 'Spire'
with magazine styled 'Passages'
Renaissance Festival
brings back lost arts
five
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Actor, writer, comedian Craig Wilson shows one of his many talents for the Clarion
readers
Wilson brings
'Fifth Gospel'
to Bethel
by Holly Schmiess
"And there are also many other
things which Jesus did, which if
they were written in detail, I
suppose that even the world itself
would not contain the books
which were written." So ends the
Gospel of John (New American
Standard version).
The Fifth Gospel", a dramatic
monologue by Craig Wilson,
ventures to guess what those
volumes might have contained:
Jesus borrowing the family
donkey for a date, or having a
waterfight with his disciples?
Craig and his story will be in
Bethel's gym at 8 p.m. this
Wednesday. Bring your bean
bags and pillows.
This original piece sets up pre-conceptions
of Jesus, then knocks
them down. "Even to believers
Jesus is often intangible," said
Craig. "I want 'The Fifth Gospel'
to help people believe he was
real, existed, and that what he
said and did can change their
lives."
In December of 1972 Craig
started reading and rereading
translations of the Gospels,
looking for the real Jesus. A
by Jonathan Pepper
"I like him because he is a
dreamer. And I guess that's what
I am." Dr. Don Rainbow
discussed Starbuck, one of the
roles in "Rainmaker", to be
produced by Bethel's theatre arts
department October 13-22.
Old dreams of the theatre arts
department are changing into
reality this term. Take a short
stroll from the P.O.'s into the fine
arts building to see 3900 square
feet of new facilities.
A brightly-decorated lounge,
box office, workshop and techni-cal
center are a part of the
addition completed this summer.
A touch of professionalism has
finally rooted in these new rooms.
Brian Bjorkland, former Bethel
student, is the part-time technical
director for Bethel theatre.
Already deep into developing
plans for this season's produc-tions,
Brian has designed a thrust
stage for the experimental thea-tre.
Instead of building several
different set-ups, as in the past,
the theatre will remain intact
throughout the year.
Reserved seating has also been
adopted to ease hour-long waits
for theatre-goers. The horseshoe
month later, he imagined four
"unrecorded episodes" into his
first performance for a youth
group in California. Since then
Craig has done "The Fifth Gos-pel"
over 300 times all over the
Unitede States, including Bethel
in October of 1974.
"I never get tired of the
piece," Craig said. "Each time I
get to the ending (where the
statement is made), there's the
new thrill of realizing who this
Son of God is."
During the 80-minute perfor-mance,
Craig uses a chorus of
convincing accents to play 34
characters and a crowd. Once
with the Lambs' Players, he is
now part of Jacob's Ladder and
Sak Theatre at the Renaissance
Fair.
Regarding the controversy in-evitably
aroused by "The Fifth
Gospel", Craig stressed the
necessity of seeing a whole
performance. "Jesus' parables
were full of irony and satire," he
added. "There is a big difference
between controversy that grows
out of bitterness and that which
reconciles people to the real
Christ."
seating area holds about 130
patrons with each seat no more
than four rows from the acting
company.
The season's schedule offers
shows for the theatre student and
for anyone who enjoys the live
entertainment of drama.
"Rainmaker, - by N. Richard
Nash, is a romantic comedy which
opened on Broadway 23 years
ago. In a drought-stricken area of
the American West, H.C. Curry
lives with Lizzie, his daughter,
and two sons. The three men are
concerned with their dying cattle
and their unmarried Lizzie.
Various plots to marry her off fail.
At least until Starbuck arrives
as the rainmaker who promises
rain for a small fee. He not only
brings water to the cattle, but he
brings love to lonely Lizzie.
The playwright's foreward to
the script describes the story
aptly. Lizzie's last hopes are
nearly hopeless, but even those
almost forsaken dreams turn into
blessings. The character are
loving and deserve the happy
ending.
Nash realizes that life doesn't
always give blessing to the
deserving people. That's why
"Rainmaker" is a romantic
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preacher for eighteen years and
was once associated with the
Billy Graham Crusades.
Monday's message will cen-ter
on "The Christian Way to
get Going." Tuesday's will be
"The Christian Way to build a
Conscience." Wednesday Dr.
Rees will speak at 8:30 before
the Campus clean-up crews go
out, and Thursday he will speak
on "The Christian Way to Join
a Counter Culture."
comedy.
Doc Rainbow is excited about
directing the show because at
least six of the seven characters
direclty contribute to the progres-sion
of the plot. The roles are
excellent character studies for the
learning actor.
"Tartuffe," "All My Sons"
and "You're a Good Man, Charlie
Brown" are also scheduled for
the current season.
Another dream of the theatre
arts department is in offering a
balanced group of professors to
its students. Three full-time and
two part-time faculty members
teach theatre courses this term.
Doug Briggs, familiar to Bethel
students, has returned from
Northwestern College. Jim Price,
of Lamb's Players, is a specialist
in voice, both musical and stage.
Brian Bjorkland teaches the tech-nical
theatre course and directs
tech work.
These new professors join Don
Rainbow and Dale Rott in the
dream-coming-true theatre arts
department. But even the new fa-cilities,
productions and faculty
fade in Dr. Rainbow's eyes as he
says, "Now what we need is a
theatre."
theatre review
Theatre Department
gains professionalism
Arts Calendar
THEATRE
Fantasticks at Park Square Theatre, 8 p.m. Thurs., Fri., and
Sat., through October 8
Ashes at the Guthrie 2, 8 p.m. Wed., Thurs., and Fri., all fall
She Stoops to Conquer at the Guthrie Theatre, 8 p.m. Mon.,
and 1:30 p.m. Sat., all fall
Pygmalion at Janet Wallace Fine Arts Theatre, Macalester
College, 8 p.m. Fri., and Sat., through Sept. 25
Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp at the Children's Theatre
Company 2 and 7 p.m. Sat., through Nov. 12
VISUAL ARTS
Mid Century American Crafts, Arts of Africa, China, and
Chicano cultures at the Minnesota Museum of Art, 30 E.
Tenth St., St. 'Paul, through November
Images of the Old West, in pen, pencil, and wood at Citizens
State Bank Building, 5050 Excelsior Blvd., through Sept. 17
Paintings with broken glass by Louis Safer and sculptures by
Katherine Nash at the Osborne Gallery, 1074 Grand Ave.,
through Oct. 1
MUSIC
Minnesota Orchestra Coffee Concerts, Beethoven's "Conse-cration
of the House, and Brahm's Symphony No. 4, at
Orchestra Hall, 10 a.m. Thurs., Sept. 29
First Capital Series Concert, a premiere work by Hans
Werner Henze, St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, at O'Shaugh-nessy
Auditorium, 8 p.m., Sat., Sept. 17
Scott Warren and Michael Monroe, Christian folk, at the
Amalgamated Underground, Sat. evening, Sept. 17
FILM
The Joan Crawford Series at the Walker Art Center, 1 and 8
p.m. Tues., through Sept.
SPECIAL EVENT
The Renaissance Festival, 4 mi. west of Shakopee, all Sat.
and Sun. through Sept.
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Senior running back Mark Rapinchuk lead both teams in rushing with 155 yards.
Campus Coordinators Scott Barsuhn and Cynthia Green
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OFFICE: 488-5545
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Plus
Excited about this year? We sure are.
Many of you have asked..."How did you get B.J. Thomas?"
Actually, this is a perfect example of what your suggestions and ideas
can do—because Gary Setterberg last April dropped the helpful hint
that B.J. had become a Christian and maybe we could get him! After
that we telephoned a few of the major booking agents to see where he
might be found and VIOLA! Of course, he has become much more
popular over the summer with his new album and top 10 hit "Don't
Worry Baby"—but his testimony hasn't changed.
What goes into a concert of this size? There are so many details it
would be difficult to list them all, but just to give you an idea, we'll list
a few.
1. Arrangements for Hotel accomodations
2. Hiring union musicians
3. Rental of special equipment and sound systems
4. Arranging limousine service to and from tne airport
5. Putting the dressing rooms up to first-class par
6. Arranging for extra security
7. Publicity and ticket sales at school and outside
8. Rental of extra-light equipment
9. Arranging for ushers, parking attendants, set-up, clean-up,
stage hands, etc.
10. Keeping in touch with the agent
11. Painting of the flats for a backdrop
Etc., etc., etc.
We think Mike Monroe and Scott Warren will be a great warm-up for
B.J. They'll play about twenty minutes and B.J. will play about an hour
and ten minutes. He usually sings about eighteen songs, so this should
be some concert!
See you there!
Cynthia and Scott
Varsity Sports Schedule
Sept. 17 Football vs. S.W.
State, 1:30 p.m.(H)
Men's cross-country
Triangular, Superi-or,
11 a.m. (A)
Soccer vs. Gustavus,
10 a.m. (H)
Sept. 22 Women's volleyball
vs. St. Kate's, 6:30
p.m. (A)
Chapel Schedule
Monday: Chapel— "To Get
Going"
Tuesday: Chapel — "To build a
Conscience"
Tuesday: 11:30 — Missions
Luncheon, discussion with
mission staff at Bethel
Wednesday: Morning Chapel
— 8:30 a.m., "To Emo-tional
Control"
Wednesday: Faculty Retreat
Wednesday: 7:00 p.m. —
R.A.'s meeting
Thursday: Chapel — "To join a
counter culture"
Thursday: 11:10 — World Civi-lization
class, AC 328,
"Developing a World Vi-sion:
Christian responsibil-ity
for human need"
Friday: Chapel
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sportsmanship equally.
"The girls all have an excellent
commitment, that commitment
being to both athletics and
Christ," she said. "It's great to
start out the season with this kind
of attitude."
Helping out with the coaching
duties as assistant coach is
Joanne Carlson, who last year
was one of Bethel's best setters.
Her presence on the team will be
missed, but her advice and
instruction will be beneficial to
others.
The women's volleyball team in
past years had given good
impressions to other teams about
Bethel as a Christian college.
Christian attitudes have been
shown on the court, and have
been noticed by opposing teams
quite often.
"We're proud of the way our
girls play their best, never
question calls, and most of all,
don't give up when most would,"
the coach related. "This attitude
can also be shown by Bethel fans
during games and can leave an
impression on visiting teams
about the aspects of Christian
sportsmanship."
The team should continue to
provide quality play this season
and with some dedicated work,
they could possibly be a contend-er
in the state tournament.
IMSchedule
Sept. 17 Open gym (9-12)
IM football (9, 10, 11)
Sept. 18 Open gym (1:30-4)
Sept. 19 Women's volleyball
IM football (4, 5, 6)
Sept. 20 Men's volleyball
Sept. 21 Men's and women's
volleyball
Sept. 22 Men's volleyball
Sept. 23 Open gym
Sept. 24 No open gym
IM football (9, 10, 11)
Central Baptist Church
420 North Roy Street
St. Paul, Mn.
646-2751
Staff: Bus leaves: Services
Ron Eckert N.C. 9:25 8:45 and 11
Lloyd Nelson BODIEN 10 Bible Study
Preaching interim 9:45 7 pm evening
Jim Spickelmier
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Frye optimistic about
new volleyball season
Gridders award Reynolds with 38-7
birthday victory over Macalester
by Carol Madison
"This year's volleyball team
definitely has the potential to im-prove
on the 9-6 season that last
year's team produced."
This optimistic view was
expressed by Coach Karyl Frye
after the opening week of prac-tice.
Some of the key, players from
last year, including tri-captains
Cindi Ramm, Joanne Waltov, and
Janet Reynolds, will be returning
to provide the nucleus and
experience of the team. Several
freshmen could add to the overall
strength of the team, especially in
the area of spiking.
"We may have some difficulty
at first with inexperience,"
explained Coach Frye, "but I
think in the long run our skills will
develop to a higher degree than
last year."
At the present, there are
between 25 and 30 girls trying to
make the 18 member team. Nine
of these players would be on
varsity, with the other nine on
junior varsity. The practices have
thus far consisted of conditioning
and skills work, along with testing
and evaluations in order to make
the necessary cuts. By next week,
more team play will be included
in the practices.
"Our goal this year is to do well
in the state tournament. Our
caliber of play all year will be
important because teams are
seeded in the state according to
their season records," said Coach
Frye.
The season opens on Septem-ber
22 with an extremely tough
opponent, St. Catherine. They
placed high in state last year, so
Bethel can gain experience and
learn from that match, and
hopefully pull off a big upset.
The rest of the season consists
of thirteen games and two
tournaments, with state tourneys
starting on November 4th.
Coach Frye expressed her
pleasure in the fact that all of the
girls, both freshmen and return-ing
players, have started out the
season with a great attitude. They
all seem to understand the
concept of the total athlete; one
who places emphasis on the
Christian life, academics, and
continued on page 7
by Dan Erickson
The Bethel soccer team opened
its 1977 season with an encourag-ing
3-1 victory over Concordia of
St. Paul Saturday. A fairly large
crowd watched as the Royals
came roaring back from a 0-1 half
time deficit to score three -goals
off of three assists from Doug
Hage and make Peter Genheim-er's
coaching debut a success.
During the first few minutes it
looked like it was to be a long day
for the team. The taller Concordia
side headed in a corner kick
midway through the first half and
narrowly missed another that
goalie Jeff Beckman was able to
get his hands on. After that,
Bethel controlled the ball, but had
a little trouble getting into
by Greg Kuntz
Coach "Chub" Reynolds had
a birthday Saturday and the
Bethel Royals football team
held a party on the Macalester
field by ousting the Scots 38-7
in this season's opener. Several
hundred enthusiastic Bethel
fans witnessed the Royals, led
by sophomore quarterback Dan
Stockfish, turn around a rather
shaky first quarter performance
into a very strong showing.
The Royals, in spite of a slow
start, never lost their compo-sure,
tightening up defensively
and never quitting offensively.
Macalester took the edge in
the first quarter when halfback
Dwayne Sheppard scored on a
shot-gun play. The point after
was good and the Scots were
7-0, which proved to be their
only tally of the game.
"The shot-gun play by
Macalester surprised us," said
Coach "Chub" Reynolds. "We
didn't think they had it."
Bethel came out stronger in
the second quarter, tightening
up defensively on the line of
scrimmage and on Mac's soph-omore
halfback Dwayne Shep-pard.
A blocked punt set up
Bethel's first scoring drive.
Only three minutes into the
quarter, the Royal offense
penetrated Mac's ten-yard line,
and then sophomore running
back Tom Klitzke carried on a
trap up the middle for the
Royals first touchdown. Fresh-man
kicker Paul Lindberg dead-locked
the score at 7-7.
Later the Royals gained
excellent field position on a
recovered Macalester fumble.
Senior running back Mark
Rapinchuk, who led both teams
in rushing, carried the ball to
the Macalester 18. A clipping
call and a Stockfish fumble,
which he recovered, put the
Royals back to the 35.
A 32-yard field goal attempt
on the fourth down by Lindberg
was short, but the Bethel
shooting range. Right before half
time Bethel was unable to convert
on a penalty kick.
The '76 Royals team lacked
much scoring punch and during
half time the fans began
wondering whether the team
would be able come back. Bethel
has always been noted for its
strong defense but it has also had
a hard time putting the ball in the
net.
But Bethel came out and
applied pressure throughout the
second half, and was rewarded
with a goal from " Homer" (Greg
Thom) off of a corner kick from
Hage. Concordia fought back, but
was beginning to tire. Minutes
later Milt Anderson put the ball in
off of another assist from Doug.
Seconds after that Dave Noland
offense soon pressured again in
the Scots' territory, when run-ning
back Tom Klitzke carried
to the nine for the first and
goal. An offsides call moved the
Royals back, but the tie was
broken when Lindberg chipped
over a 16-yard field goal with
2:07 left in the half.
The Royals had possession
again before half time, and
Stockfish went to a passing
game to senior flanker John
Selvog, who made it to the
Macalester two-yard line as
time ran out. The Royals went
to the locker room with a 10-7
lead.
The Royals came on fresh and
strong in the second half, with
the offense finding more
Macalester holes. The defense
put on the pressure with good
pass coverage and sacked the
Scot's quarterback, Steve Sage-dahl,
several times. Macales-ter's
tiring offense never really
threatened at all in the half.
Bethel's tally in the third
quarter came on a hand-off to
Rapinchuk, who plunged into
the Macalester end zone. The
play had been set up by a Stock-fish
quarterback sneak. Lind-berg
split the uprights perfectly
and the Royals had a 17-7 edge.
The Royals dominated and ran
away with three touchdowns in
the fourth quarter. Stockfish
kept and scored from the 20
with ten and a half minutes to
play.
The Bethel quarterbacks con-tined
to be a focus of attention
for awhile when back-up Lonnie
Holmgren came in and soon
had a brilliant run to the
Macalester two-yard line. He
sneaked in for Bethel's second
T.D. of the final quarter and
built up a commanding 31-7
edge.
Freshman defensive back
Greg Stipe intercepted a
Sagedahl pass with :40 left and
almost found daylight, but
made it to the Scot's six. A
short run by freshman Mark
steered one in off of a beautiful
pass in front from Doug again, his
third assist of the day.
Brian Bohne, Jon Fast, and Jay
Stutsman all played strong games
on the defensive, and overall the
Royals looked pretty good for only
being together a little more than a
week. "It took us a little time to
get untracked, but this year's
team will definitely score more
than last year's," promises Doug
Hage.
Members of the team ex-pressed
their appreciation for the
large turnout at the Saturday
morning game, and hope that this
continues. Bethel opened its
M I AC season Wednesday against
Hamline, and plays tomorrow
against Gustavus.
Johnson and a successful point
after made it 38-7, which was
the final.
The Royals had 547 yards of
total offense of which 476 were
rushing. Mark Rapinchuk had
155 yards rushing in 21 carries.
Dan Stockfish completed 50%
of his passes, and had 94 yards
rushing.
Coach "Chub" Reynolds was
hoisted off the field at the end
of the game by the entire Bethel
squad singing "Happy Birth-day."
Reynolds was very pleased
with the team's performance.
"We started calling the right
plays and had control of the line
of scrimmage," he said. "The
defense kept pressure on their
tailback and on their passing,
and we dominated up the
middle."
The Royals showed a lot of
depth in the game. "We have
two very capable quarterbacks,
and the second team did real
well," said Coach Reynolds.
"Macalester lacked depth
which really hurt them."
Bethel had five fumbles, but
recovered three of them. "We
need to cut down on fumbles in
running an option, but they
come at times with running this
play," said Reynolds.
Mark Rapinchuk said, "We
were consistent once we got
started and kept it up. We got a
lot of yardage on no-hole
counter-dive and outside veer.
Our defense really shut them
off."
The Royals home opener is
tomorrow at 1:30 p.m. against
Southwest State. Coach .Rey-nolds
said, "We need to stay
consistent. Our whole offensive
line is back and have made the
right adjustments defensive-ly."
Rapinchuk said, "It's one
game at a time. I expect to win,
but we have to continue to play
well like the last game."
Continued from page 5
characters in the old story of
Solomon's wisdom with two
mothers.
Five small amphitheatres
staged everything from mime
and jugglers to troubadors.
Comedia del arte theatre
happened in a clearing, and an
impeccable string ensemble
played Puccini chamber music
under an oak.
The food is delectable and
amazingly un-mass-produced.
The ever-popular mammoth
turkey legs are back, plus
French quiche lorraine, Japa-nese
tempura, Greek baklava,
German bratwurst, and English
fish 'n chips. Or simple hot
muffins and herb tea for the
between-feast munchies.
The Renaissance Festival is
open Saturdays and Sundays
the rest of September. Unless
you have a time tunnel of your
own, let the fair transport you
to an age whose riches are
enchanting.
Genheimer successful
in coaching debut
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